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LONG BIO
Courtney Summers is an uncompromising writer (Quill and Quire) with a history of risky artistic choices (Kirkus) known for pushing boundaries (Shelf Awareness) with a body of work that’s not for the faint of heart (The New York Times). Hailed a master of the bitch (Electric Literature) for years of writing “nuanced, wrenching stories about angry [and] unlikable girls,” Summers’s reputation as an unapologetic and incisive storyteller has earned her praise from a readership that crosses category lines. Her critically acclaimed books have received over 20 starred reviews and numerous awards and honors, including the Edgar and ITW Thriller Awards. She lives and writes in Canada.
SHORT BIO
Courtney Summers’s reputation as an unapologetic and incisive storyteller has earned her praise from a readership that crosses category lines and her critically acclaimed and award-winning body of work—which The New York Times deemed “not for the faint of heart”—has received numerous awards and honors, including the Edgar and ITW Thriller Awards. She lives and writes in Canada.
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RECENT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Finalist, 2023 ITW Thriller Award for I'm the Girl
Winner, 2022 ITW Thriller Award for The Project
Winner, 2021 Templo Revista's Best Foreign Standalone Award for All the Rage
Winner, 2019 Edgar Award for Sadie
Winner, 2019 CCBC's John Spray Mystery Award for Sadie
Runner-Up, 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Sadie
Winner, 2019 Audie Award for Sadie
Winner, 2019 ALA Odyssey Award for Sadie
Winner, 2018 CYBILs Award for YA Fiction for Sadie
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BOOK PUBLICATION DETAILS AND COVER ART FILES
Cracked Up to Be
Published 2008, 2020 (reissue) by Wednesday Books / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Kerri Resnick
Illustration by Agata Wierzbicka
Some Girls Are
Published 2010 by St. Martin’s Griffin / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Lisa Marie Pomipilio
Fall for Anything
Published 2011 by St. Martin’s Griffin / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Lisa Marie Pomipilio
This is Not a Test
Published 2012 by St. Martin’s Griffin / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Lisa Marie Pomipilio
All the Rage
Published 2015 by St. Martin’s Griffin / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Lisa Marie Pomipilio
Sadie
Published 2018 by Wednesday Books / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Kerri Resnick
Illustration by Agata Wierzbicka
The Project
Published 2021 by Wednesday Books / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Kerri Resnick
I’m the Girl
Published 2022 by Wednesday Books / St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan)
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Cover design by Kerri Resnick
Illustration by Kemi Mai