Julie Johnston (writer)

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.^[1]

Her first two novels for young adults won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.^[2]

Works

• Hero of Lesser Causes (1992)^[3][4]
• Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (1994)^[5][6]
• 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)^[7]
• Susannah's Quill (2004)^[8]
• As if by Accident (2005)^[9][10]
• Little Red Lies (2013)^[11]
• Two Moons in August^[12]

Awards

• Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature (1992, 1994)^[2]
• 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)