Julie Berry (author)

Julie Berry (born 1974)[1][2] is an author of children's and young adults books and winner of several national book awards.

Biography

Julie Gardner Berry grew up on a farm in rural Medina, New York as the youngest of seven children in a Mormon family.[3][4] She received a B.S. in communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York in 1995 and later earned an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008.[5][6] Berry met her husband at RPI. They have four sons together.[5] The family lived for many years in Maynard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, before moving to Pasadena, California.[7][8] During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company.[6] While living in Maynard, Berry was a columnist for the MetroWest Daily News.[6]

Awards

Books

  • The Amaranth Enchantment (2009)
  • Secondhand Charm (2010)
  • Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco (2010) with Sally Gardner
  • Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: Curse of the Bizarro Beetle (2010) with Sally Gardner
  • Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Colossal Fossil Freakout (2011) with Sally Gardner
  • Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Trouble with Squids (2011) with Sally Gardner
  • All the Truth That’s In Me (2013) Viking/Penguin Group, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0142427309
  • The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place (2014) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1596439566
  • The Passion of Dolssa (2017) Penguin Books, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0451469922
  • The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1596439580
  • Wishes and Wellingtons (2018) Audible Originals, LLC, an AMAZON company. (audiobook)
  • Lovely War (2019) Viking Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0451469939

References

  1. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?126269
  2. "Julie Berry," OCLC World Cat Fiction Finder
  3. Faith and good works: Mormon writers find their niche in wholesome young adult genre Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe (2009)
  4. Julie Berry Mormon Artist (2014)
  5. Julie Berry Books
  6. Julie Berry, A Young Mother of Boys Finds Happiness Writing For Teen Girls Meridian Magazine (2009)
  7. Author Julie Berry, formerly of Maynard, to visit Fowler School The Beacon-Villager, October 9, 2017
  8. Swan, Jennifer Hubert (November 8, 2013). "Without a Voice". New York Times. New york. p. BR41.
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