Julie Chibbaro
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Julie Chibbaro is the author of Deadly (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2011), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary. Deadly, Chibbaro’s second novel, has received excellent reviews from such journals as The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Historical Novels Review, The New York Journal of Books, Examiner.com, and Teenreads.com.
Her first book, Redemption (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2004), an epic tale of love, kidnapping, and white Indians, won the 2005 American Book Award. Redemption appeared on several lists: Pennsylvania School Librarian Association's Top Ten, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Recommended Reading List, and the Children’s Literature Choice Recommended Reading List. In 2006, Redemption was nominated for an ABE Award (Illinois High School Book Award).
A number of Chibbaro’s short stories have been published in literary journals such as The Prague Revue, Catalyst Magazine and Slingshot, and her articles have appeared in The Prague Post, The Montreal Gazette and Central Europe Online, among others. Two of her short stories, Skin, and Fractal Swing, appear in a literary anthology (ed. Louis Armand, Litteraria Pragensia, Charles University, 2010).
Chibbaro studied writing at The New School, and with Gordon Lish. She received scholarships to study with Clark Blaise at the Prague Writers Workshop, and with Janet Fitch, Lynn Freed and Mark Childress at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. At the New York Writers Institute, she took a Master class with Marilynne Robinson and Ann Beattie. Chibbaro teaches creative writing in New York.
Julie Chibbaro is represented by Jill Grinberg Literary Management LLC, 16 Court Street, Suite #3306, Brooklyn, NY 11241. Phone: 212-620-5883
"Paced like a medical thriller, “Deadly” is the rare Y.A. novel in which a girl’s intellectual interests trump adolescent romance. A 16-year-old Jewish tenement dweller in 1906 New York pines away days at a finishing school on scholarship and nights helping midwife young mothers. When she quits school to assist the Department of Health and Sanitation in its pursuit of “Typhoid Mary,” she is awakened to nascent opportunities for women in science."
The School Library Journal
"A deeply personal coming-of-age story set in an era of tumultuous social change, this is top-notch historical fiction that highlights the struggle between rational science and popular opinion as shaped by a sensational, reactionary press."
Kirkus Reviews
"Rich period details about the study of medicine and the role of women in society combine with Prudence’s girlish crush on her chief and her earnest desire to “do something astonishing with my life” to make this a title that will appeal to reluctant readers and historical fiction fans alike."
Her first book, Redemption (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2004), an epic tale of love, kidnapping, and white Indians, won the 2005 American Book Award. Redemption appeared on several lists: Pennsylvania School Librarian Association's Top Ten, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Recommended Reading List, and the Children’s Literature Choice Recommended Reading List. In 2006, Redemption was nominated for an ABE Award (Illinois High School Book Award).
A number of Chibbaro’s short stories have been published in literary journals such as The Prague Revue, Catalyst Magazine and Slingshot, and her articles have appeared in The Prague Post, The Montreal Gazette and Central Europe Online, among others. Two of her short stories, Skin, and Fractal Swing, appear in a literary anthology (ed. Louis Armand, Litteraria Pragensia, Charles University, 2010).
Chibbaro studied writing at The New School, and with Gordon Lish. She received scholarships to study with Clark Blaise at the Prague Writers Workshop, and with Janet Fitch, Lynn Freed and Mark Childress at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. At the New York Writers Institute, she took a Master class with Marilynne Robinson and Ann Beattie. Chibbaro teaches creative writing in New York.
Julie Chibbaro is represented by Jill Grinberg Literary Management LLC, 16 Court Street, Suite #3306, Brooklyn, NY 11241. Phone: 212-620-5883
Select Reviews of "Deadly"
The New York Times"Paced like a medical thriller, “Deadly” is the rare Y.A. novel in which a girl’s intellectual interests trump adolescent romance. A 16-year-old Jewish tenement dweller in 1906 New York pines away days at a finishing school on scholarship and nights helping midwife young mothers. When she quits school to assist the Department of Health and Sanitation in its pursuit of “Typhoid Mary,” she is awakened to nascent opportunities for women in science."
The School Library Journal
"A deeply personal coming-of-age story set in an era of tumultuous social change, this is top-notch historical fiction that highlights the struggle between rational science and popular opinion as shaped by a sensational, reactionary press."
Kirkus Reviews
"Rich period details about the study of medicine and the role of women in society combine with Prudence’s girlish crush on her chief and her earnest desire to “do something astonishing with my life” to make this a title that will appeal to reluctant readers and historical fiction fans alike."