Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada)^[2] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her most famous known works are Cracked Up to Be, This is Not a Test, All the Rage,^[3] and Sadie.

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 Awards 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

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends.[37]

Works

Books

• —— (2008). Cracked Up to Be.
  ISBN 9780312383695
  .
• —— (2010). Some Girls Are.
  ISBN 9780312573805
  .
• —— (2011). Fall for Anything.
  ISBN 9780312656737
  .
• —— (2012).
  ISBN 9780312656744
  .
• —— (2013). What Goes Around.
  ISBN 9781250038449
  .
• Please Remain Calm, St. Martin's Press (2015) (
  ISBN 9781466875906
  )
• All the Rage, St. Martin's Press (2015) (
  ISBN 9781250021915
  )
• ISBN 9781250105714
  )
• The Project, St. Martin's Press (2021) (
  ISBN 9781250105738
  )
• I'm the Girl, Wednesday Books (2022) (
  ISBN 9781250808363
  )