Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario)^[2] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her best known works are Cracked Up to Be, This is Not a Test, and All the Rage.^[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] School Library Journal^[9] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice 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 was 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]

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends.^[30]

Works

Books

• Cracked Up to Be, St. Martin's Press (2008) (ISBN 9780312383695)
• Some Girls Are, St. Martin's Press (2010) (ISBN 9780312573805)
• Fall for Anything, St. Martin's Press (2011) (ISBN 9780312656737)
• This is Not a Test, St. Martin's Press (2012) (ISBN 9780312656744)
• What Goes Around, St. Martin's Press (2013) (ISBN 9781250038449)
• Please Remain Calm, St. Martin's Press (2015) (ISBN 9781466875906)
• All the Rage, St. Martin's Press (2015) (ISBN 9781250021915)

Short stories

• "Sleepstalk", Defy the Dark edited by Saundra Mitchell
• "History Lessons", Violent Ends edited by Shaun Hutchinson (2015)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website
• Courtney Summers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Courtney Summers at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalogue records