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Name
  
Julie Johnston


Role
  
Writer

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Awards
  
Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People

Books
  
Hero of Lesser Causes, Adam and Eve and Pinch‑Me, Little Red Lies, In Spite of Killer Bees, The only outcast

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Julie Johnston is an award-winning 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.

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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 (writer) Wikipedia