Julie Johnston is a Canadian writer. She was raised in Smiths Falls, Ontario, in the Ottawa Valley. She studied at the University of Toronto. She now lives in Peterborough, Ontario.
Her first two novels for young adults won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
Works
- Hero of Lesser Causes (1992)
- Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (1994)
- The Only Outcast (1998)
- Love Ya Like a Sister: A Story of Friendship from the Journals of Katie Ouriou (1999)
- In Spite of Killer Bees (2001)
- Susannah's Quill (2004)
- As if by Accident (2005)
- Little Red Lies (2013)
- Two Moons in August
Awards
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature (1992, 1994)
- National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award (1993)
- Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award (Young Adult/Middle Reader Category) (1995)
- Young Adult Canadian Book Award Young-adult-fiction awards (1995)
References
- "Julie Johnston". Library and Archives Canada. 2002-09-25. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ John Rowe Townsend (1 May 1996). Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature. Scarecrow Press. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-4617-3104-7.
- Children's Book Review: Hero of Lesser Causes by Julie Johnston, Author Joy Street Books $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-316-46988-3
- Brennan, Beverly. "Breaking Stereotypes with Children's Fiction. International Journal of Special Education
- Children's Book Review: Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me by Julie Johnston, Author Little Brown and Company $15.95 (180p) ISBN 978-0-316-46990-6
- Jane Ledwell; Jean Mitchell (2013). Anne Around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 273–. ISBN 978-0-7735-4140-5.
- In Spite of Killer Bees Reviewed on Quill and Quire
- Book Review | Susanna's Quill by Julie Johnston | Canadian Literature Archived 2015-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- As if by Accident Reviewed on Quill and Quire
- The Literary Word - Book Reviews: As If by Accident by Julie Johnston
- LITTLE RED LIES by Julie Johnston | Kirkus
- Shelley Stagg Peterson; Larry Swartz (2008). Good Books Matter: How to Choose and Use Children's Literature to Help Students Grow as Readers. Pembroke Publishers Limited. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-1-55138-232-6.
External links
- The Governor General's Literary Awards
- Stellar Award
- Julie Johnston at Library of Congress, with 13 library catalogue records
- Living people
- Canadian women novelists
- Canadian writers of young adult literature
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Writers from Ontario
- People from Smiths Falls
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century Canadian women writers