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Julie Chibbaro is the author of Deadly (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2011), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary. Deadly, Chibbaro’s second novel, has received excellent reviews from such journals as The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Historical Novels Review, The New York Journal of Books, Examiner.com, and Teenreads.com.

Her first book, Redemption (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2004), an epic tale of love, kidnapping, and white Indians, won the 2005 American Book Award. Redemption appeared on several lists: Pennsylvania School Librarian Association's Top Ten, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Recommended Reading List, and the Children’s Literature Choice Recommended Reading List. In 2006, Redemption was nominated for an ABE Award (Illinois High School Book Award).

A number of Chibbaro’s short stories have been published in literary journals such as The Prague Revue, Catalyst Magazine and Slingshot, and her articles have appeared in The Prague Post, The Montreal Gazette and Central Europe Online, among others. Two of her short stories, Skin, and Fractal Swing, appear in a literary anthology (ed. Louis Armand, Litteraria Pragensia, Charles University, 2010).

Chibbaro studied writing at The New School, and with Gordon Lish. She received scholarships to study with Clark Blaise at the Prague Writers Workshop, and with Janet Fitch, Lynn Freed and Mark Childress at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. At the New York Writers Institute, she took a Master class with Marilynne Robinson and Ann Beattie. Chibbaro teaches creative writing in New York.

Julie Chibbaro is represented by Jill Grinberg Literary Management LLC, 16 Court Street, Suite #3306, Brooklyn, NY 11241. Phone: 212-620-5883

Julie Chibbaro is the author of Deadly (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2011), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary. Deadly, Chibbaro’s second novel, has received excellent reviews from such journals as The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Historical Novels Review, The New York Journal of Books, Examiner.com, and Teenreads.com. Her first book, Redemption... More