Julie Berry grew up on a farm in western New York as the youngest in a family of seven book-loving kids. She holds a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in communication and an MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. She now lives in eastern Massachusetts with her husband and four young sons, and two cats. She is the author of six critically acclaimed books for young readers. All the Truth That's in Me is her first novel for teens and adults.She received the Odyssey Award of honor in 2015 for The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place.