Julie Halpern

Julie Halpern
OccupationAuthor
GenreYoung adult fiction
SpouseMatthew Cordell
Website
juliehalpern.com

Julie Halpern is an American author of popular young adult novels. She is married to the children’s book author and illustrator Matthew Cordell, with whom she created the picture book Toby and the Snowflakes.[1][2]

Halpern's teen novels focus on the challenges facing teens who are outsiders.[3] Her debut novel Get Well Soon tells the story of a teenage girl in a mental institution, where she goes after suffering from depression.[4] Her second novel, Into the Wild Nerd Yonder, is about a girl who struggles with high school social labels when she meets a new group of friends who play Dungeons & Dragons.[5]

Awards and honors

In 2007, Kirkus Reviews named Get Well Soon one of the best young adult novels of the year.[6]

In 2012, Have a Nice Day was named one of the best young adult novels of the year by Kirkus Reviews[7] and Bank Street College of Education.[8]

Awards for Halpern's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2012 Into the Wild Nerd Yonder Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Selection [9][10]
2013 Have a Nice Day ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection [11]

Publications

  • Toby and the Snowflakes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004
  • Get Well Soon, Feiwel & Friends, 2007
  • Into the Wild Nerd Yonder, Feiwel & Friends, 2009
  • Don’t Stop Now, Feiwel & Friends, 2011
  • Have a Nice Day, Feiwel & Friends, 2012
  • The F- It List, Feiwel & Friends, 2013
  • Maternity Leave, Thomas Dunne Books, 2015
  • Meant to Be, Feiwel & Friends, 2017
  • Girl on the Ferris Wheel (with Len Vlahos), Feiwel & Friends, 2021

References

  1. ^ About Me, Julie Halpern’s website.
  2. ^ Bio, Matthew Cordell’s website.
  3. ^ "Don't Stop Now", Publishers Weekly, 05/02/2011.
  4. ^ "Get Well Soon", Kirkus Reviews, Oct. 1st, 2007.
  5. ^ "Into the Wild Nerd Yonder", Publishers Weekly, 10/19/2009.
  6. ^ "Best Young Adult Books of 2007"[permanent dead link‍], Karen Breen, Kirkus Reviews, 8.
  7. ^ "Best Teen Books of 2012". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  8. ^ "Best Children's Books of the Year, Fourteen and Older, 2013 Edition" (PDF). Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  9. ^ "Into the Wild Nerd Yonder | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  10. ^ "Into the Wild Nerd Yonder". YALSA Book Finder. Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  11. ^ "Have a Nice Day". YALSA Book Finder. Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved 2023-04-08.