Julianna Baggott is the
author of over twenty books published under her own name and pen names. The New York Times Book Review has
chosen two of her recent novels for their list of 100 Notable Books of the Year
-- post-apocalyptic thriller and winner of an ALA Alex Award, Pure (2012), and her historical novel, Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders
(2015). Her novels have been chosen widely for book clubs, book-picks, beach
reads, and editors selections in leading publications, including the Washington Post, People, O. Magazine, Real
Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Amazon, Kirkus, Booklist,
Booksense, Starbucks Book Club, Elle, and more. Her books have been in development with Fox2000 and
Nickelodeon Paramount and optioned by numerous production companies, including
Misher Films, Anonymous Content, and Cary Brokaw at Avenue Pictures.
With over one hundred foreign editions of her books in
print, Baggott’s work spans genres, audiences, and bridges the
distance between critical acclaim and commercial appeal. Her aim is to create both artful
entertainment and entertaining art. Her work has been compared to that of John Irving, Nick Hornby, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Steven Millhauser, Alice McDermott, Djuna Barnes, Suzanne Collins, Frank McCourt, Jorge Luis Borges, Charles Frazier, Phillip Roth, Russell Banks, Lemony Snicket, J.K. Rowling, as well as Manga, Alice in Wonderland, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Orphan Black, and Mad Max.
Praise from her work comes from Pulitzer prize-winners
– “…one of our finest writers…” --
Robert Olen Butler; “… a writer after
my own heart…” -- Richard Russo;
“Beautifully rendered…” – Elizabeth Strout -- and bestselling sci-fi and fantasy authors
-- “Original and masterfully written… ”--
Jeff VanderMeer; “…a dark adventure that is both startling and
addictive…” Danielle Trussoni; “You will be swept away.” – Justin Cronin.
Baggott’s work stretches beyond fiction. Her nonfiction
pieces have appeared in The New York
Times Book Review as both reviewer and essayist, The New York Times Modern Love column, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The International Herald
Tribune, Glamour, Salon, Real Simple, Best Creative Nonfiction, and
have been read on NPR’s Here and
Now, Talk of the Nation, and All
Things Considered. Her fourth collection of poetry, Instructions, Abject and Fuming, was published this
spring. Her essays, stories, and
poems are also highly anthologized, having appeared in Best American Poetry (2001, 2011, and 2012), Best Creative Nonfiction, The Bitch is Back, Robot Uprising, and
anthologies about being a loser in high school, life in your twenties,
marriage, turning thirty, having sex, having kids, John Hughes films, rock and
roll, mothers and daughters and much more. For two years, she was a recurring
personality on XM Radio XM Kids in the voice of her pen name N.E. Bode. Baggott
has continued to move into science fiction, fantasy, and other genres; and, of
note, she published three short stories at Tor.com in January, February, and
March of 2017.
She's the creator of Efficient Creativity: The Six-Week Audio Course. The first episode -- AS IF by Magic -- is available for free at SoundCloud.
