Julie Schumacher, author portrait

Julie Schumacher

Julie Schumacher grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Oberlin College and Cornell University. Her first novel, The Body Is Water, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Minnesota Book Award. Her other books include the novel Dear Committee Members, a short story collection, An Explanation for Chaos, and five books for younger readers. She lives in St. Paul and is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.
The English Experience
The Shakespeare Requirement
Dear Committee Members
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls
Black Box
The Chain Letter
The Book of One Hundred Truths

Books

The English Experience
The Shakespeare Requirement
Dear Committee Members
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls
Black Box
The Chain Letter
The Book of One Hundred Truths

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