Julie Buxbaum (born 1977) is an American lawyer and novelist, who specializes in young adult novels.[2][3][4][5][6] Her first two novels were written for adults, but Buxbaum has told interviewers she enjoys writing for a younger audience to connect with the sense of freedom open to younger readers.[7]
Julie Buxbaum | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47)[1] |
| Occupation | Lawyer, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School (JD) |
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Buxbaum's undergraduate degree is from the University of Pennsylvania, and she earned her J.D. degree at Harvard Law School.[8]
Kirkus Reviews characterized her 2009 first novel, The Opposite of Love, as a "proposed merger of literary fiction with chick lit [that] contravenes the conventions of both genres."[9] The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Anne Hathaway had been tentatively cast in a movie version of the book.[10]
Several of her young adult novels revolve around topical events. The primary characters of Hope and Other Punchlines are both deeply affected by being born around the time of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.[11] The hero of Admission is embarrassed to learn their parents are accused of using bribery to get them into an elite college, inspired by the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.[12]
Bibliography
edit- Julie Buxbaum (2009). The Opposite of Love. Bantam Trade. ISBN 9780385341233.
- Julie Buxbaum (2010). After You. Dial Press. ISBN 9780385341257.
- Julie Buxbaum (2017). What to Say Next. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9780553535709.
- Julie Buxbaum (2017). Tell Me Three Things. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9780553535679.
- Julie Buxbaum (2019). Hope and Other Punchlines. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9781524766771.
- Julie Buxbaum (2020). Admission. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9781984893642.
References
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Julie Buxbaum (2008-05-11). "A Wedding Invitation for a Mom Long Gone". The New York Times. p. ST6. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
I'm 30, I had thought, I don't need someone to coo over me in my wedding dress. But as embarrassing as it is to admit, I did.
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Allison Futterman (2018-11-07). "Julie Buxbaum: How I Write". The Writer. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
Julie Buxbaum, a Harvard Law School graduate and former lawyer, decided to step away from her legal career to pursue a career in novel writing.
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"Meet the Author: Julie Buxbaum". The Sweet Sixteens. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
Julie Buxbaum is the author of the critically acclaimed adult novels THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE and AFTER YOU and her work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
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CRISTINA ARREOLA (2018-11-08). "'Hope And Other Punchlines' By Julie Buxbaum Is A Touching Novel About Grief & First Love — And You Can Start Reading Now". Bustle magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
In Tell Me Three Things and What To Say Next, young adult novelist Julie Buxbaum wrote about first love, belonging, and finding a way to live through grief with remarkable insight and thoughtfulness.
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"Rights Report: Week of June 3, 2019". Publishers Weekly. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
Beverly Horowitz at Delacorte has acquired Julie Buxbaum's novel The Side Door, about Los Angeles prep school student Chloe Wynn Berringer, who knee-deep in the misery of the college applications process when FBI agents arrive at her door to arrest her B-list-celebrity mother in connection with a college admissions scandal for which Chloe's mother—and Chloe herself—may face a lengthy prison sentence.
- ^ Marisa Kanter (2017-05-12). "Q&A: YA writers Julie Buxbaum and Adam Silvera will make you cry". MTV. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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Sara Grochowski (2017-06-20). "Q & A with Julie Buxbaum". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
I was writing adult novels, but felt like I was pretending to be a grownup. Like I was just playing one on TV. In my head, I was actually a kid playing dressup.
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"Biography: Julie Buxbaum". Book Reporter. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
Julie Buxbaum is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School.
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"The Opposite Of Love: by Julie Buxbaum - release date Feb 5, 2008-02-05". Kirkus Reviews. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
Associate in a blue-chip Manhattan law firm copes with blowback from self-defeatism in Buxbaum's much-hyped but disappointing debut.
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Leslie SImmons; Jay Fernandez (2008-09-24). "Anne Hathaway to star in 'Opposite of Love'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
The project is based on the best-seller by Julie Buxbaum, with Kara Holden adapting the screenplay. Sources say the tone of the film is in the vein of 'Jerry Maguire.'
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Marjorie Ingall (2019-12-12). "The Best Jewish Children's Books of 2019". Tablet magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum is about the friendship (and more?) between two kids who've been damaged by 9/11 in different ways.
- ^ Romanoff, Zan (2020-11-27). "A college admissions novel that's less about gossip than complicity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-18.