Julie Berry

Julie Berry (born September 3, 1974) is an American 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. 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. Berry met her husband, actor Phil Berry at RPI. They married in 1995. They have four sons together. During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company.

Awards and honors Seven of Berry's books are Junior Library Guild selections: All the Truth That's In Me (2014), The Passion of Dolssa (2017), The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017), Lovely War (2019), and Wishes and Wellingtons (2020).

All the Truth That's in Me was named one of the best books of the year by The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal. and was named one of the best books of 2019 by The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and the Wall Street Journal. It was also a New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016. Carnegie Medal Shortlist Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Finalist Inky Award for Silver Inky Winner 2014

Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction Winner

American Library Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection Odyssey Award Honor

American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth Selection Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Honor Michael L. Printz Award Honor

Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio Selection Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction Nominee Outstanding Books for the College Bound Selection Whitney Award Winner

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner American Library Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten Audie Award for Young Adult Finalist Golden Kite Award for Young Adult Fiction Winner Young Adult Library Services Association Teens Choices Top 10 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. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place (2014) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. The Passion of Dolssa (2017) Penguin Books, New York, NY. The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. Wishes and Wellingtons (2018) Audible Originals, LLC, an AMAZON company. (audiobook) Lovely War (2019) Viking Press, New York, NY. Crime and Carpetbags (2021) Sourcebooks Young Readers. ISBN 978-1728231495 Cranky Right Now (2021) Sounds True. ISBN 978-1683646648