Julia DeVillers is an American writer of books including '' How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller''. She had a cameo in the 2006

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Read It and Weep ''Read It and Weep'' is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel ''How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller'' by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie B ...

'', which was based on the book.

Life

DeVillers attended Colonie High School in

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. She studied Communications at the State University of New York, Oswego and obtained an MA in Journalism from

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. Her twin sister,

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, six minutes older, is also a writer. DeVillers lives in

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, with her husband and two children. She lived overseas for a year in

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, while her husband worked in the US Embassy.

Bibliography

Fiction

* UltraSquad graphic novel series illustrated by Rafael Rosado (Justice Studios) * The Maddie Ziegler series with Maddie Ziegler (Simon and Schuster) *Co-written with Jennifer Roy: ''

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'', '' Take Two'', ''Times Squared'' and ''Double Feature'' (

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) * Liberty Porter, First Daughter series about a 9-year-old girl whose father is elected president and moves into the White House. (Simon and Schuster). *''How My Private Personal Journal Became a Bestseller'' (

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). *''Emma Emmets, Playground Matchmaker'' (Razorbill). *''Lynnvisible'' (E. P. Dutton). *'' Princess of Gossip'', co-written Sabrina Bryan. (Simon and Schuster MTV books). *''Tuned In''.

Nonfiction

*''GirlWise: How To Be Confident, Capable, Cool and in Control'' (

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). *''The College Dorm Survival Guide'' (Random House).

Life

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Nonfiction

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