Julie Halpern

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]

Kirkus reviews named Get Well Soon a Best Young Adult Book of 2007.[6]

Bibliography
  • 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
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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", Karen Breen, Kirkus Reviews, 8.
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