


The Passion of Dolssa was a New York Times Notable Title. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place was named one of the best children's books of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal.

Īll the Truth That's in Me was named one of the best books of the year by The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal. Seven of Berry's books are Junior Library Guild selections: All the Truth That's In Me (2014), The Passion of Dolssa (2017), The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017), Lovely War (2019), and Wishes and Wellingtons (2020). She purchased the independent bookstore, The Book Shoppe, which she renovated and renamed the Author's Note. Julie and her family moved back to Medina, New York in 2021. While living in Maynard, Berry was a columnist for the MetroWest Daily News.

During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company. The family lived for many years in Maynard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, before moving to Temple City, California. Berry met her husband, actor Phil Berry at RPI. from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008. in communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York in 1995 and later earned an M.F.A. Julie Gardner Berry grew up on a farm in rural Medina, New York as the youngest of seven children in a Mormon family. Julie Berry (born September 3, 1974) is an American author of children's and young adults books and winner of several national book awards.
