Julie Strauss-Gabel
Strauss-Gabel in 2016
Born1972 (age 51–52)[1]
Alma materAmherst College[1]
Harvard Graduate School of Education[1]
Known foredited numerous
NYT Bestsellers[2]
Notable workWill Grayson, Will Grayson (editor)[3]
The Fault in Our Stars (editor)[4]
SpouseDavid Feldman[5]

Julie Ellyn Strauss-Gabel (born 1972) is an American publisher and editor of books for young adults who is notable for getting numerous titles on The New York Times Best Seller list.[2]

Early life and education

Strauss-Gabel grew up in White Plains, New York, the daughter of a forensic photographer and a teacher of home economics.[5] She attended Amherst College where she edited the college newspaper, The Amherst Student, and met her future husband.[5] She graduated cum laude from Amherst, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[5]

Career

Strauss-Gabel was associate editor at Clarion Books[5] and was later an editor at Hyperion Books for five years. She is editor and publisher at Dutton Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group.[6][7][8] In one week in April 2015, novels that she edited occupied five of the top ten spots.[2] According to one count, she has edited 22 books which were New York Times Bestsellers.[2] She edited numerous titles such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson, a story of two young men sharing the same name but who had different sexual orientations.[3] Her books have won numerous book awards, including the Printz, two Edgars, a Boston Globe-Horn, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award.[1] She has been described as having a knack for spotting talent and nourishing writers.[2] She was instrumental in helping novelist John Green create the blockbuster book The Fault in Our Stars, a story about the inconvenience of teenage love in the face of tragedy.[4]

Personal life

Strauss-Gabel married David Feldman, a writer and puppeteer for children's television, in 2000.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sue Corbett, June 13, 2014, Publishers Weekly, Meet the Editor: Julie Strauss-Gabel, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Alexandra Alter, APRIL 10, 2015, The New York Times, Her Stinging Critiques Propel Young Adult Best Sellers, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  3. 1 2 MARSHALL HEYMAN, March 18, 2015, Wall Street Journal, Tiny Cooper From ‘Will Grayson, Will Grayson’ Moves Into the Spotlight: The young-adult novel character is moving center stage in David Levithan’s ‘Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story’, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  4. 1 2 Ashley Ross, July 23, 2014, Time magazine, New If I Stay Trailer Ups the Romance, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 August 20, 2000, The New York Times, WEDDINGS; Julie Strauss-Gabel, David Feldman, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  6. ↑ Lindsay Deutsch, May 1, 2014, USA Today, Who's 'Popular' now? Teen's memoir leads to movie deal, Retrieved April 14, 2015
  7. ↑ STARVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION and CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION, April 3, 2015, City Limits, Finalists Announced for 2nd Annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards, Retrieved April 14, 2015,
  8. ↑ Maryann Yin, March 28, 2013, Adweek, Penguin Young Readers Group to Publish Book by Esther Grace Earl, Retrieved April 14, 2015
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