Julie Buxbaum (born 1977) is an

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lawyer and novelist, who specializes in

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. Her first two novels were written for adults, but Buxbaum has told interviewers she enjoys writing for a younger audience to connect with the sense of freedom open to younger readers. Buxbaum's undergraduate degree is from the

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, and she earned her J.D. degree at

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. ''

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'' characterized her 2009 first novel, ''The Opposite of Love'', as a ''"''proposed merger of literary fiction with chick lit

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contravenes the conventions of both genres." ''

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'' wrote that

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had been tentatively cast in a movie version of the book. Several of her young adult novels revolve around topical events. The primary characters of ''Hope and Other Punchlines'' are both deeply affected by being born around the time of the terrorist attacks on

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. The hero of ''Admission'' is embarrassed to learn their parents are accused of using bribery to get them into an elite college, inspired by the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.

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