Julie Ellyn Strauss-Gabel (born 1972) is an American publisher and editor of books for young adults. She has gotten numerous titles on The New York Times Best Seller list.Alexandra Alter, APRIL 10, 2015, The New York Times, Her Stinging Critiques Propel Young Adult Best Sellers, Retrieved April 14, 2015
Early and personal life Strauss-Gabel grew up in White Plains, New York. Her father was a forensic photographer, and her mother was a teacher of home economics.August 20, 2000, The New York Times, WEDDINGS; Julie Strauss-Gabel, David Feldman, Retrieved April 14, 2015 She attended Amherst College where she edited the college newspaper, The Amherst Student. She graduated cum laude from Amherst, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She married David Feldman, whom she had met at Amherst, in 2000. Feldman is a writer and puppeteer for children's television.
Career Strauss-Gabel was associate editor at Clarion Books and was later an editor at Hyperion Books for five years before becoming editor and publisher at Dutton Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group.Lindsay Deutsch, May 1, 2014, USA Today, Who's 'Popular' now? Teen's memoir leads to movie deal, Retrieved April 14, 2015STARVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION and CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION, April 3, 2015, City Limits, Finalists Announced for 2nd Annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards, Retrieved April 14, 2015,Maryann Yin, March 28, 2013, Adweek, Penguin Young Readers Group to Publish Book by Esther Grace Earl, Retrieved April 14, 2015 In one week in April 2015, novels that she edited occupied five of the top ten spots. According to one count, she has edited 22 books which were New York Times Bestsellers. She edited titles such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson.MARSHALL HEYMAN, March 18, 2015, Wall Street Journal, Tiny Cooper From 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' Moves Into the Spotlight: The young-adult novel character is moving center stage in David Levithan's 'Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story', Retrieved April 14, 2015 Her books If I Stay and The Fault in Our Stars were adapted into movies.Ashley Ross, July 23, 2014, Time magazine, New If I Stay Trailer Ups the Romance, Retrieved April 14, 2015 Her books have won book awards including the Printz, two Edgars, a Boston Globe-Horn, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. The New York Times described her as having a "knack for spotting and developing talent".
Strauss-Gabel is the president and publisher of Dutton Children's Books.
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