Julie Berry (born September 3, 1974) is an American author of children's and

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and winner of several national book awards.

Biography

Julie Gardner Berry grew up on a farm in rural

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as the youngest of seven children in a

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family. She received a

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in communications at

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(RPI) in

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in 1995 and later earned an M.F.A. from

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in 2008.Julie Berry Books
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Meridian Magazine (2009) Berry met her husband, actor Phil Berry at RPI. They married in 1995. They have four sons together. The family lived for many years in

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, west of Boston, before moving to

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. During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company. While living in Maynard, Berry was a columnist for the

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. Julie and her family moved back to

in 2021. She purchased the independent bookstore, The Book Shoppe, which she renovated and renamed the Author's Note.

Awards and honors

Seven of Berry's books are

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selections: ''

All the Truth That's In Me ''All the Truth That's in Me'' is a 2013 young adult novel by Julie Berry. The novel tells the story of Judith, a young woman from a deeply religious community who is kidnapped for two years and brought back with her tongue partially removed. Th ...

'' (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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. ''The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place'' was named one of the best children's books of 2014 by the ''Wall Street Journal''''.'' ''The Passion of Dolssa'' was a New York Times Notable Title. ''Lovely War'' was a ''New York Times'' bestseller and was named one of the best books of 2019 by

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, ''The Horn Book'', ''Kirkus Reviews'', ''

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, School Library Journal,'' ''

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'', and the ''Wall Street Journal''. It was also a ''New York Times'' Notable Children’s Books of 2016.''''

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

References

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