Julie Halpern is an American author of popular young adult novels. She is married to the children?s book author and illustrator Matthew Cordell, with whom she created the picture book Toby and the Snowflakes. Halpern's teen novels focus on the challenges facing teens who are outsiders. Her debut novel Get Well Soon tells the story of a teenage girl in a mental institution, where she goes after suffering from panic attacks. Her second novel, Into the Wild Nerd Yonder, is about a girl who struggles with high school social labels when she meets a new group of friends who play Dungeons & Dragons. Kirkus reviews named Get Well Soon a Best Young Adult Book of 2007. [More at Wikipedia]