Ep 89 Reimagining Myths and Making Magic with Julie Berry

The Artsy Raven Podcast about Writing and Art with host JF Garrard

Award-winning author and independent bookstore owner Julie Berry reflects on how recognition has shaped her journey, the spark behind her daring new novel that pits Jack the Ripper against Medusa, and the transformative magic that reading brings into people’s lives.

Julie Berry is the New York Times bestselling author ofthe 2020 NCTE Walden Award and SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Lovely War, the 2017 Printz Honor and Los Angeles Times Book Prize–shortlisted The Passion of Dolssa, the Carnegie Medal– and Edgar Award–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 NightFrolic, Happy Right Now, and Cranky Right Now.

Julie holds a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in communication and an MFA from Vermont College of the Fine Arts. Julie lives in western New York, where she owns Author’s Note, an independent bookstore.

At time 24:30 she reads from If Looks Could Kill.

Her website is: https://www.julieberrybooks.com/

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