JULIA DEVILLERS is a bestselling and award-winning author of middle grade and YA books She has sold more than 2.5 million books worldwide.
One became the beloved Disney Channel Original Movie Read it and Weep in which she has a cameo.
She sold a TV pilot to CBS, inspired by her life as a YA author married to a terrorist and gang prosecutor.
She also sold a true crime show to Oxygen, and co-produced a documentary. She has been featured in the NY Times, People, Newsweek, NPR’s Weekend Edition, USA Today, and Betches.
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I grew up in Albany, New York.
I have an identical twin, Jennifer Roy, who is six minutes older and an inch shorter.
I have a younger but taller sister, Amy.
I live with my husband, Dave, and rescue mutt Franny in Columbus, Ohio
I have a son and daughter who help me by reading my manuscripts.
Their family lived overseas in Tbilisi, Georgia for a year on an Embassy compound.
My first job was at Chuck E. Cheese (as Chuck E. Cheese! And birthday party host.)
I’m a Cancer Survivor. I had a rare cancer, and I wrote about it here.
She won a national writing contest for the Peppermint Patty page when she was nine and was in the newspaper with her twin, Jennifer.
Julia and her daughter in a cameo in Disney Channel’s "Read it and Weep"
She wrote the books for the 90s historical American Girl Doll, Isabel, and shares her favorites.
A video of her LA book launch for “Princess of Gossip"", co-written by the Cheetah Girl’s Sabrina Bryan
Sabrina Bryan and Julia DeVillers, co-authors of "Princess of Gossip," chat about their writing process and how the book came together.