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Courtney Summers
Born1986 (age 39–40)[1]
Belleville, Ontario
OccupationNovelist
CitizenshipCanada
Period2009 – present
GenreYoung adult, Fiction
Notable worksCracked Up to Be (2008)
This is Not a Test]] (2012)
All the Rage (2015)
Sadie (2018)
Website
courtneysummers.ca

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada)[2] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her most famous known works are Cracked Up to Be (2008), This Is Not a Test (2012) and All the Rage (2015).

Career

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Her first novel, Cracked Up to Be, was published in December 2008[citation needed] and was the 2009 Cybils Award winner for YA Fiction.[3] Her sophomore novel, Some Girls Are, was published in January 2010.[citation needed] It received reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] and School Library Journal,[6] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards nominee in the YA Fiction category. [citation needed]

Her third novel, Fall for Anything, was published in December 2010[citation needed] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews[7] and Booklist.[8]

This Is Not a Test was published June 2012[9] and is set during a zombie apocalypse. Prior to its release, all of Summers' novels were contemporary and realistic. This Is Not a Test received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[10]

Summers' fifth novel, All the Rage, was her hardcover debut and published in April 2015. It received reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[11] Publishers Weekly[12] and School Library Journal.[13] It was also named a Spring 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection.[14] Her novel Sadie tells the story of a teenager named Sadie Hunter whose little sister Mattie was murdered. Sadie seeks revenge against the man she believes killed Mattie. The book was released on September 4, 2018,[citation needed] and is told from two perspectives: some chapters offering Sadie's point of view and some chapters being styled as transcripts from a podcast called "The Girls" hosted by a man named West McCray. The release of the book was accompanied by the release of a mock true-crime podcast titled The Girls: Find Sadie which is available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.[15] Sadie became a New York Times bestseller[16] on September 29, 2018, and has been awarded the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult literature from the Mystery Writers of America.[17] Sadie also won the 2019 Odyssey Award from the American Library Association[citation needed] and was a Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year in 2019.[18]

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends.[19]

Works

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Books

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  • —— (2008). Cracked Up to Be. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312383695.
  • —— (2010). Some Girls Are. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312573805.
  • —— (2011). Fall for Anything. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312656737.
  • —— (2012). This Is Not a Test. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312656744.
  • —— (2013). What Goes Around. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781250038449.
  • —— (2015). Please Remain Calm. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781466875906.
  • All the Rage, St. Martin's Press (2015) (ISBN 9781250021915)
  • Sadie, St. Martin's Press (2018) (ISBN 9781250105714)
  • The Project, St. Martin's Press (2021) (ISBN 9781250105738)
  • I'm the Girl, Wednesday Books (2022) (ISBN 9781250808363)

Short stories

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  • "Sleepstalk", Defy the Dark edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • "The Likability Rule", Violent Ends edited by Shaun Hutchinson (2015)

Essays

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  • "Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World", Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World from Algonquin BFYR, January 2017

Awards and nominations

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2009 Cracked Up to Be Cybils Award Young Adult Fiction Won [3]
OLA Forest of Reading Awards White Pine Award (YA Fiction) Nominated [20]
2010 Some Girls Are White Pine Award (YA Fiction) Nominated (Honor) [20]
Goodreads Choice Award Young Adult Fiction Nominated
2014 This Is Not a Test OLA Forest of Reading Awards White Pine Award (Fiction) Nominated (Honor) [20]
2019 Sadie Audie Award Audio Book (Young Adult) Won [21]
Cybils Award Young Adult Fiction Won [22]
Odyssey Award Audio Book (Children or Young Adult) Won [23]
Edgar Award Young Adult Novel Won [24]
2020 White Pine Award Fiction Won [25]

References

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  1. ↑ "bio | courtney summers, new york times bestselling author". Feb 13, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved Dec 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 "The 2009 Cybils Winners - Cybils Awards". Cybils.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkusreviews.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Children's Book Review: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $9.99 (245p) ISBN 978-0-312-57380-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Some Girls Are - Bookverdict.com". Bookverdict.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "FALL FOR ANYTHING by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  8. ↑ Fall for Anything, by Courtney Summers. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via Booklistonline.com.
  9. ↑ Courtney Summers. "This Is Not a Test". Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  10. ↑ "Children's Book Review: This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers. ISBN 978-0-312-65674-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "ALL THE RAGE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkusreviews.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Children's Book Review: All the Rage by Courtney Summers. St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-02191-5". Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  13. ↑ "Library Journal". Slj.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Selection". Juniorlibraryguild.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "The Girls: Find Sadie". Macmillan Podcasts. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  16. ↑ "Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Sept. 30, 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  17. ↑ "These 9 Books Just Won A MAJOR Award For The Best Crime Fiction & Nonfiction". Bustle.com. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Best Children's Books of the Year Archive". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. 1 2 3 Advanced Solutions International, Inc. "Sign In" (PDF). Accessola.org. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA". Audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  22. ↑ "2018 Cybils Winners! | Cybils Awards". Cybils.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  23. ↑ admin (1999-11-30). "Welcome to the Odyssey Award home page!". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  24. ↑ "Category List – Best Young Adult | Edgars Database". Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  25. ↑ Scriver, Amanda (18 February 2021). "YA novelist Courtney Summers and the complicated allure of cults". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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