Joy McCullough

Joy McCullough is an American author of young adult fiction. She is best known for her verse novel Blood Water Paint. She lives in Seattle, Washington. She attended Northwestern University.

Writing career Blood Water Paint is a verse novel of biographical fiction for young adults. Its subject is Italian baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who was raped and took her attacker to court. It is the tenth novel written by McCullough and it was the first of her books published. Publishers Weekly wrote, "A haunting, stirring depiction of an unforgettable woman" It was named one of the year's ten best historical fiction novels for youth by Booklist. The audiobook was read by Xe Sands.

In 2020, McCullough published A Field Guide for Getting Lost.

On March 8, 2022, Tess Sharpe, Caroline Tung Richmond, Jessica Spotswood and McCullough released the novel Great or Nothing, a retelling of the classic Little Women, set during the second World War.

Selected works

Picture books

Collaborations