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Julie bertagna biography
Julie Bertagna
Scottish author
Julie Bertagna (born 1962) is a Scottishauthor who has written real life and science fiction novels for children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal.
Her novel Exodus was the winner of the Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award.[1]Soundtrack, her second novel for young adults, won a Scottish Arts Council Award,[2] the second highest award ever given to a Scottish children's writer.[2]
Biography
Bertagna was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, and moved to Glasgow when she was seven years old.
After receiving an MA Hons in English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow[2][3] she worked as an editor for a small magazine. She then moved into teaching before working as a freelance journalist for various publications.[4] She published her first book, The Spark Gap, when she was 2