Julie Berry, Writer for Young Readers

FROM THE AUTHOR OF LOVELY WAR
COMING SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 IF LOOKS COULD KILL "A page-turning, well-balanced story in a richly drawn setting."
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WRITER FOR YOUNG READERS

Julie Berry

Julie Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of the 2020 NCTE Walden Award and SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Lovely War, the 2017 Printz Honor and LA Times Book Prize-shortlisted The Passion of Dolssa, the Carnegie and Edgar-shortlisted All the Truth That’s in Me, the Odyssey Honor The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place, and the Wishes and Wellingtons trilogy. Her picture books include The Night Frolic, Happy Right Now, and Cranky Right Now. Her new YA novel, If Looks Could Kill, releases September 2025. Julie holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College. Julie owns Author’s Note, an adorable independent bookstore in Medina, New York.

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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

Critical Praise for Julie's Work

"A modern master of historical fiction."

Bookpage
Review Journal

"A celestially inspired storyteller."

New York Times
Book Review

"Pick an adjective—sweeping, sprawling, epic, Olympian—and yet none quite conveys the emotional width and depth of Julie Berry’s brilliant novel."

The Washington Post

"Scheherazade has nothing on Berry."

Kirkus Reviews
Review Journal

"Julie Berry writes the past as if she lived it."

Jennifer Donnelly
NY Times Bestselling, Carnegie Medal-winning author
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