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Julie Chibbaro is the award-winning author of three historical novels: Into the Dangerous World (Viking, 2015), Deadly (Simon & Schuster 2011), and Redemption (Simon & Schuster 2004). As a novelist, Julie has appeared on author panels throughout the country, has conducted many author visits, and has taught at the Gotham Writers Workshop and The Highlights Foundation. She was a mentor for the PEN Prison Writing Program and through Poets & Writers grants. She is the founder of Get Lit Beacon, a reading series and literary salon in Beacon, NY. She currently works as the Managing Editor of Ethics & Human Research at the bioethics research institute The Hastings Center. She is represented by the literary agent Jill Grinberg.
Published Books
Deadly, winner of the National Jewish Book Award!
A Bank Street Best Book
The New York Times: "Paced like a medical thriller . . . a rare YA novel."
New-York Historical Society interview
Kirkus Reviews: "Fever 1793 meets Newes from the Dead in this absorbing diary of a fictional teen who witnesses the epidemic unleashed on turn-of-the-20th-century New York by the infamous 'Typhoid Mary.'”
New York Journal of Books: "This book will be especially welcome to girls with an interest in science, medicine, history, or just in reading about a strong, honest female protagonist."
A Bank Street Best Book
The New York Times: "Paced like a medical thriller . . . a rare YA novel."
New-York Historical Society interview
Kirkus Reviews: "Fever 1793 meets Newes from the Dead in this absorbing diary of a fictional teen who witnesses the epidemic unleashed on turn-of-the-20th-century New York by the infamous 'Typhoid Mary.'”
New York Journal of Books: "This book will be especially welcome to girls with an interest in science, medicine, history, or just in reading about a strong, honest female protagonist."
Into the Dangerous World, a Junior Library Guild selection!
Publishers Weekly starred review: "Set in 1984, amid the thriving street culture of New York City . . . this striking combination of story and illustration creates a powerful portrait of a budding artist."
Kirkus Reviews: "A thought-provoking, beautiful exploration of the artistic process."
New York Observer: "The mixed format of the book, which includes Ror’s drawings every few pages, adds to the novel’s intrigue."
Nikki Grimes, award-winning author: "This bold book wakes us up to an urban tribe who operate in the margins. The powerful, primal art feels so organic to the text, it's hard to imagine one without the other."
Publishers Weekly starred review: "Set in 1984, amid the thriving street culture of New York City . . . this striking combination of story and illustration creates a powerful portrait of a budding artist."
Kirkus Reviews: "A thought-provoking, beautiful exploration of the artistic process."
New York Observer: "The mixed format of the book, which includes Ror’s drawings every few pages, adds to the novel’s intrigue."
Nikki Grimes, award-winning author: "This bold book wakes us up to an urban tribe who operate in the margins. The powerful, primal art feels so organic to the text, it's hard to imagine one without the other."
Redemption, winner of the American Book Award!
Kirkus Reviews: "Chibbaro writes colorfully, and the monstrous baron, religious dissenters, the Atlantic crossing, and the early meetings of Europeans and northeast woodlands Indians, well before Jamestown in 1607, offer a fascinating look at a little-known side of American history."
Booklist: "Chibbaro works in a huge amount of historical background that will be new to most readers, but Lily's immediate present-tense narrative makes the drama personal."
School Library Journal: "This absorbing read will appeal to older teens who have a thirst for adventure and historical fiction."
Kirkus Reviews: "Chibbaro writes colorfully, and the monstrous baron, religious dissenters, the Atlantic crossing, and the early meetings of Europeans and northeast woodlands Indians, well before Jamestown in 1607, offer a fascinating look at a little-known side of American history."
Booklist: "Chibbaro works in a huge amount of historical background that will be new to most readers, but Lily's immediate present-tense narrative makes the drama personal."
School Library Journal: "This absorbing read will appeal to older teens who have a thirst for adventure and historical fiction."