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Courtney Summers
Born1986 (age 37–38)[1]
Belleville, Ontario
OccupationNovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2009 – present
GenreYoung adult, Fiction
Website
courtneysummers.ca

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario)[2] is a Canadian writer of young-adult fiction. Her best known works are Cracked Up to Be, This is Not a Test, and All the Rage.[3]

Career

Her first novel, Cracked Up to Be, was published in December 2008[4] and was the 2009 Cybils Award Winner for YA Fiction.[5] Her sophomore novel, Some Girls Are, was published in January 2010,[6] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[7] Publishers Weekly,[8] School Library Journal[9] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Nominee in the YA Fiction category.[10] Both novels were repackaged as a 2-in-1 edition titled What Goes Around in September 2013.[11]

Her third novel, Fall for Anything, was published in December 2010[12] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews[13] and Booklist.[14]

This is Not a Test was published June 2012[15] and was set during the 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[16] and was optioned for television by Sony.[17] Summers announced that a script was currently in development in April 2015.[18] In January 2015, Summers released an e-novella sequel to This is Not a Test, Please Remain Calm.[19]

Summers' fifth novel, All the Rage, was her hardcover debut and published in April 2015.[20] It was chosen as the sixth official selection of Tumblr's Reblog Book Club[21] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[22] Publishers Weekly[23] and School Library Journal.[24] It was also named a Spring 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection.[25]

On April 14, 2015, to mark the release of All the Rage, Summers launched the hashtag campaign #ToTheGirls,[26] encouraging people to send messages of support and positivity to girls across social media. #ToTheGirls trended worldwide on Twitter.[27] Notable press coverage included The Today Show[28] and it was named one of the most important feminist hashtags of 2015 by Mic News.[29]

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends.[30]

Works

Books

  • Cracked Up to Be, St. Martin's Press (2008) (ISBN 9780312383695)
  • Some Girls Are, St. Martin's Press (2010) (ISBN 9780312573805)
  • Fall for Anything, St. Martin's Press (2011) (ISBN 9780312656737)
  • This is Not a Test, St. Martin's Press (2012) (ISBN 9780312656744)
  • What Goes Around, St. Martin's Press (2013) (ISBN 9781250038449)
  • Please Remain Calm, St. Martin's Press (2015) (ISBN 9781466875906)
  • All the Rage, St. Martin's Press (2015) (ISBN 9781250021915)

Short stories

  • "Sleepstalk", Defy the Dark edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • "History Lessons", Violent Ends edited by Shaun Hutchinson (2015)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result Ref
2009 Cybils Award Cracked Up to Be Young Adult Fiction Won [31]
2009 OLA Forest of Reading Awards Cracked Up to Be White Pine Award (YA Fiction) Nominated [32]
2010 Some Girls Are White Pine Award (YA Fiction) Nominated (Honor) [33]
2010 Goodreads Choice Award Some Girls Are Young Adult Fiction Nominated [34]
2014 OLA Forest of Reading Awards This is Not a Test White Pine Award (Fiction) Nominated (Honor) [35]

References

  1. ^ http://courtneysummers.ca/bio
  2. ^ http://courtneysummers.ca/about
  3. ^ http://courtneysummers.ca/novels
  4. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/crackeduptobe/courtneysummers
  5. ^ http://www.cybils.com/2010/02/the-2009-cybils-winners.html
  6. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/somegirlsare/courtneysummers
  7. ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/some-girls-are/
  8. ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-57380-5
  9. ^ http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product-52684328856319.xml
  10. ^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fiction-books-2010
  11. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/whatgoesaround/courtneysummers
  12. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/fallforanything/courtneysummers
  13. ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers/fall-anything/
  14. ^ http://www.booklistonline.com/Fall-for-Anything-Courtney-Summers/pid=4464979
  15. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/thisisnotatest/courtneysummers
  16. ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-65674-4
  17. ^ http://courtneysummers.ca/2012/06/this-is-not-a-test-the-tv-movie/
  18. ^ http://summerscourtney.tumblr.com/post/117095423472/my-agent-amytipton-reminded-me-i-didnt-share
  19. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/pleaseremaincalm/courtneysummers
  20. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/alltherage-1/courtneysummers
  21. ^ http://reblogbookclub.tumblr.com/post/115216397909/happy-april-the-sixth-official-selection-of
  22. ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/all-the-rage-summers/
  23. ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250021915
  24. ^ http://www.slj.com/2015/04/reviews/sneak-peeks/the-latest-from-douglas-florian-courtney-summers-phillip-hoose/
  25. ^ http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9781250021915
  26. ^ http://summerscourtney.tumblr.com/tothegirls
  27. ^ https://twitter.com/courtney_s/status/587986658592628737
  28. ^ http://www.today.com/video/klgs-advice-to-teens-let-god-define-who-you-are-429669955666
  29. ^ http://mic.com/articles/117608/the-9-most-important-feminist-hashtags-of-2015-so-far
  30. ^ http://courtneysummers.ca/novels/shorts/
  31. ^ http://www.cybils.com/2010/02/the-2009-cybils-winners.html
  32. ^ https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/WhitePine-Archive.pdf
  33. ^ https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/WhitePine-Archive.pdf
  34. ^ https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fiction-books-2010
  35. ^ https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/WhitePine-Archive.pdf

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