{{short description|Canadian young adult fiction author}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Courtney Summers | image = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1986}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://courtneysummers.ca/bio/|title=bio | courtney summers, new york times bestselling author|date=Feb 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213135748/https://courtneysummers.ca/bio/|accessdate=Dec 27, 2020|archive-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> | birth_place = Belleville, Ontario | occupation = Novelist | nationality = | period = 2009 – present | genre = Young adult, Fiction | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | website = {{URL|http://courtneysummers.ca}} | notable_works = ''Cracked Up to Be'' (2008)<br>''<nowiki>This is Not a Test]]</nowiki>'' (2012)<br>''All the Rage'' (2015)<br>''Sadie'' (2018) | citizenship = Canada }}
'''Courtney Summers''' (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://courtneysummers.ca/about |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011061032/http://courtneysummers.ca/about/ |archive-date=2014-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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) and ''All the Rage'' (2015).
==Career==
Her first novel, ''Cracked Up to Be,'' was published in December 2008{{cn|date=April 2026}} and was the 2009 Cybils Award winner for YA Fiction.<ref name="cybils.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.cybils.com/2010/02/the-2009-cybils-winners.html|title=The 2009 Cybils Winners - Cybils Awards|website=Cybils.com|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> Her sophomore novel, ''Some Girls Are,'' was published in January 2010.{{cn|date=April 2026}} It received reviews from ''Kirkus Reviews'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/some-girls-are/|title=SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews|website=Kirkusreviews.com|accessdate=24 May 2019|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191703/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/some-girls-are/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-57380-5|title=Children's Book Review: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers, Author . St. Martin's Griffin $9.99 (245p) ISBN 978-0-312-57380-5|website=PublishersWeekly.com|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> and ''School Library Journal'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product-52684328856319.xml|title=Some Girls Are - Bookverdict.com|website=Bookverdict.com|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards nominee in the YA Fiction category. {{cn|date=April 2026}}
Her third novel, ''Fall for Anything'', was published in December 2010{{cn|date=April 2026}} and received starred reviews from ''Kirkus Reviews''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers/fall-anything/|title=FALL FOR ANYTHING by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=24 May 2019|website=Kirkusreviews.com}}</ref> and ''Booklist''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Fall-for-Anything-Courtney-Summers/pid=4464979|title=Fall for Anything, by Courtney Summers |accessdate=24 May 2019|via=Booklistonline.com}}</ref>
''This Is Not a Test'' was published June 2012<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://us.macmillan.com/thisisnotatest/courtneysummers |title= This Is Not a Test |author= Courtney Summers |access-date= 2015-06-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151025192811/http://us.macmillan.com/thisisnotatest/CourtneySummers |archive-date= 2015-10-25 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and is set during a 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-65674-4|title=Children's Book Review: This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers. ISBN 978-0-312-65674-4|website=PublishersWeekly.com|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref>
Summers' fifth novel, ''All the Rage,'' was her hardcover debut and published in April 2015. It received reviews from ''Kirkus Reviews'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/all-the-rage-summers/|title=ALL THE RAGE by Courtney Summers - Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=24 May 2019|website=Kirkusreviews.com|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123175559/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/courtney-summers-2/all-the-rage-summers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250021915 |title=Children's Book Review: All the Rage by Courtney Summers. St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-02191-5 |access-date=2015-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225606/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250021915 |archive-date=2018-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''School Library Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/2015/04/reviews/sneak-peeks/the-latest-from-douglas-florian-courtney-summers-phillip-hoose/|title=Library Journal|website=Slj.com|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> It was also named a Spring 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9781250021915|title=Selection|website=Juniorlibraryguild.com|accessdate=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416034641/http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT/9781250021915|archive-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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,{{cn|date=April 2026}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/podcasts/podcast/the-girls-find-sadie/|title=The Girls: Find Sadie|website=Macmillan Podcasts|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> ''Sadie'' became a ''New York Times'' bestseller<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/09/30/young-adult-hardcover/|title=Young Adult Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - Sept. 30, 2018 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> on September 29, 2018, and has been awarded the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult literature from the Mystery Writers of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/2019-edgar-award-winners-are-must-reads-for-anyone-who-loves-mystery-novels-true-crime-17220063|title=These 9 Books Just Won A MAJOR Award For The Best Crime Fiction & Nonfiction|website=Bustle.com|date=26 April 2019 |accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> ''Sadie'' also won the 2019 Odyssey Award from the American Library Association{{cn|date=April 2026}} and was a Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year Archive |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/best-childrens-books-of-the-year-archive/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}}</ref>
Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies ''Defy the Dark'' and ''Violent Ends''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://courtneysummers.ca/novels/shorts/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501135833/http://courtneysummers.ca/novels/shorts/ |archive-date=2015-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Works== ===Books=== * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=Cracked Up to Be |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780312383695 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=Some Girls Are |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780312573805 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=Fall for Anything |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780312656737 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=This Is Not a Test |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780312656744 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=What Goes Around |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2013 |isbn=9781250038449 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Summers |first=Courtney |title=Please Remain Calm |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781466875906 |author-mask=2}} * ''All the Rage'', St. Martin's Press (2015) <small>({{ISBN|9781250021915}})</small> *''Sadie'', St. Martin's Press (2018) ({{ISBN|9781250105714}}) *''The Project'', St. Martin's Press (2021) ({{ISBN|9781250105738}}) *''I'm the Girl'', Wednesday Books (2022) ({{ISBN|9781250808363}})
===Short stories=== * "Sleepstalk", ''Defy the Dark'' edited by Saundra Mitchell * "The Likability Rule", ''Violent Ends'' edited by Shaun Hutchinson (2015)
=== Essays ===
* "Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World", ''Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World'' from Algonquin BFYR, January 2017
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Work ! Award ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- ! rowspan="2" | 2009 | rowspan="2" | ''Cracked Up to Be'' | Cybils Award | Young Adult Fiction | {{won}} |<ref name="cybils.com"/> |- | rowspan="2"|OLA Forest of Reading Awards | White Pine Award (YA Fiction) | {{nom}} |<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/WhitePine-Archive.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216061108/https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/WhitePine-Archive.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 16, 2014|title=Sign In|last=Advanced Solutions International, Inc.|website=Accessola.org|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" | 2010 | rowspan="2" | ''Some Girls Are'' | White Pine Award (YA Fiction) | {{nom}} (Honor) |<ref name="auto"/> |- | Goodreads Choice Award | Young Adult Fiction | {{nom}} | |- ! 2014 | ''This Is Not a Test'' | OLA Forest of Reading Awards | White Pine Award (Fiction) | {{nom}} (Honor) |<ref name="auto"/> |- ! rowspan="4" |2019 | rowspan="5" |''Sadie'' |Audie Award |Audio Book (Young Adult) |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1|title=2019 Audie Awards® - APA|website=Audiopub.org|access-date=2019-04-05|archive-date=2023-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326024120/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |Cybils Award |Young Adult Fiction |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cybils.com/2019/02/2018-cybils-winners.html|title=2018 Cybils Winners! {{!}} Cybils Awards|website=Cybils.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> |- |Odyssey Award |Audio Book (Children or Young Adult) |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward|title=Welcome to the Odyssey Award home page!|last=admin|date=1999-11-30|website=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> |- |Edgar Award |Young Adult Novel |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-young-adult/|title=Category List – Best Young Adult {{!}} Edgars Database|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> |- !2020 |White Pine Award | Fiction | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Scriver |first1=Amanda |title=YA novelist Courtney Summers and the complicated allure of cults |url=https://quillandquire.com/authors/ya-novelist-courtney-summers-and-the-complicated-allure-of-cults/ |website=Quill & Quire |date=18 February 2021 |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} * {{official website }} * {{ISFDB name|173922}} * {{LCAuth|n2008056466|Courtney Summers|5|ue}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Courtney}} Category:1986 births Category:Canadian writers of young adult literature Category:Living people Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Canadian women novelists Category:Canadian women writers of young adult literature Category:Writers from Belleville, Ontario Category:21st-century Canadian novelists Category:Forest of Reading Award winners Category:Edgar Award winners Category:Novelists from Ontario