Courtney Summers Explained

Courtney Summers
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Belleville, Ontario
Occupation:Novelist
Period:2009 – present
Genre:Young adult, Fiction
Notable Works:Cracked Up to Be (2008)
This is Not a Test]] (2012)
All the Rage (2015)
Sadie (2018)
Citizenship:Canada

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada)[2] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her most famous known works are Cracked Up to Be (2008), This Is Not a Test (2012), All the Rage (2015), and Sadie (2018).[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] and School Library Journal,[9] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards 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 is 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]

Her novel Sadie tells the story of a teenager named Sadie Hunter whose little sister Mattie was murdered. Sadie seeks revenge against the man she believes killed Mattie. The book was released on September 4, 2018,[30] and is told from two perspectives: some chapters offering Sadie's point of view and some chapters being styled as transcripts from a podcast called "The Girls" hosted by a man named West McCray. The release of the book was accompanied by the release of a mock true-crime podcast titled The Girls: Find Sadie which is available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.[31] Sadie became a New York Times bestseller[32] on September 29, 2018, and has been awarded the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult literature from the Mystery Writers of America.[33] [34] Sadie also won the 2019 Odyssey Award from the American Library Association[35] and was a Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year in 2019.[36]

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends.[37]

Works

Books

Short stories

Essays

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2009Cracked Up to BeCybils AwardYoung Adult Fiction
OLA Forest of Reading AwardsWhite Pine Award (YA Fiction)[38]
2010Some Girls AreWhite Pine Award (YA Fiction) (Honor)
Goodreads Choice AwardYoung Adult Fiction
2014This Is Not a TestOLA Forest of Reading AwardsWhite Pine Award (Fiction) (Honor)
2019SadieAudie AwardAudio Book (Young Adult)[39]
Cybils AwardYoung Adult Fiction[40]
Odyssey AwardAudio Book (Children or Young Adult)[41]
Edgar AwardYoung Adult Novel[42]
2020 White Pine AwardFiction[43]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: bio | courtney summers, new york times bestselling author. Feb 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213135748/https://courtneysummers.ca/bio/. Dec 27, 2020. 2020-02-13.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011061032/http://courtneysummers.ca/about/ . 2014-10-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: work – courtney summers. Courtneysummers.ca. 24 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Cracked up to be | Courtney Summers | Macmillan . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204002635/http://us.macmillan.com/crackeduptobe/CourtneySummers . 2013-02-04 . dead .
  5. Web site: The 2009 Cybils Winners - Cybils Awards. Cybils.com. 24 May 2019.
  6. http://us.macmillan.com/somegirlsare/courtneysummers
  7. Web site: SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews. Kirkusreviews.com. 24 May 2019. 11 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191703/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/some-girls-are/. dead.
  8. Web site: Children's Book Review: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $9.99 (245p) ISBN 978-0-312-57380-5. PublishersWeekly.com. 24 May 2019.
  9. Web site: Some Girls Are - Bookverdict.com. Bookverdict.com. 24 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Young Adult Fiction!. Goodreads.com. 24 May 2019.
  11. http://us.macmillan.com/whatgoesaround/courtneysummers
  12. http://us.macmillan.com/fallforanything/courtneysummers
  13. Web site: FALL FOR ANYTHING by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews. 24 May 2019. Kirkusreviews.com.
  14. Book: Fall for Anything, by Courtney Summers . 24 May 2019. Booklistonline.com.
  15. Web site: This Is Not a Test . Courtney Summers . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151025192811/http://us.macmillan.com/thisisnotatest/CourtneySummers . 2015-10-25 . dead .
  16. Web site: Children's Book Review: This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers. St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-65674-4. PublishersWeekly.com. 24 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718085655/http://courtneysummers.ca/2012/06/this-is-not-a-test-the-tv-movie/ . 2012-07-18 . dead .
  18. Web site: courtney summers. Summerscourtney.tumblr.com. 24 May 2019.
  19. http://us.macmillan.com/pleaseremaincalm/courtneysummers
  20. http://us.macmillan.com/alltherage-1/courtneysummers
  21. Web site: Reblog Book Club • Happy April! The sixth official selection of.... Reblog Book Club. 24 May 2019.
  22. Web site: ALL THE RAGE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews. 24 May 2019. Kirkusreviews.com. 23 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123175559/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/all-the-rage-summers/. dead.
  23. Web site: Children's Book Review: All the Rage by Courtney Summers. St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-02191-5 . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225606/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250021915 . 2018-09-11 . dead .
  24. Web site: Library Journal. Slj.com. 24 May 2019.
  25. Web site: Selection. Juniorlibraryguild.com. 24 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416034641/http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9781250021915. 16 April 2016. dead.
  26. Web site:
    1. ToTheGirls
    . Summerscourtney.tumblr.com. 24 May 2019.
  27. Web site: WE ARE TRENDING WORLDWIDE. THANK YOU. #tothegirlspic.twitter.com/qoP3aIlr2R. courtney summers. updates. 14 April 2015. Twitter. 24 May 2019.
  28. Web site: KLG's advice to teens: Let God define who you are. Today.com. 24 May 2019.
  29. Web site: The 9 Most Important Feminist Hashtags of 2015 So Far. Natasha. Noman. Mic.com. 24 May 2019.
  30. Web site: Sadie Courtney Summers Macmillan. US Macmillan. en-US. 2019-10-16.
  31. Web site: The Girls: Find Sadie. Macmillan Podcasts. en-US. 2019-10-16.
  32. News: Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Sept. 30, 2018 - The New York Times. The New York Times. 2019-10-16. en-US. 0362-4331.
  33. Web site: These 9 Books Just Won A MAJOR Award For The Best Crime Fiction & Nonfiction. Bustle.com. 24 May 2019.
  34. Web site: Mystery Writers of America Announces 2019 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Mystery Writers of. America. Prnewswire.com. 24 May 2019.
  35. Web site: Macmillan Audio wins 2019 Odyssey Award for "Sadie". SZALUSKY. 2019-01-28. News and Press Center. en. 2019-10-16.
  36. Web site: Best Children's Books of the Year Archive . 2022-09-22 . Bank Street College of Education . en-US.
  37. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150501135833/http://courtneysummers.ca/novels/shorts/ . 2015-05-01 . dead .
  38. Web site: Sign In. Advanced Solutions International, Inc.. Accessola.org. 24 May 2019.
  39. Web site: 2019 Audie Awards® - APA. Audiopub.org. 2019-04-05. 2023-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326024120/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1. dead.
  40. Web site: 2018 Cybils Winners! Cybils Awards. Cybils.com. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  41. Web site: Welcome to the Odyssey Award home page!. admin. 1999-11-30. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). en. 2019-04-05.
  42. Web site: Category List – Best Young Adult Edgars Database. en-US. 2019-10-16.
  43. Web site: Scriver . Amanda . YA novelist Courtney Summers and the complicated allure of cults . . 18 February 2021 . 30 August 2021.

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