About
Josephine Cameron is an author, editor, and educator from Northern Wisconsin, living in Maine. Her novel Not All Heroes is a Junior Library Guild Gold Star Selection and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. Her critically-acclaimed debut, Maybe a Mermaid, was an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and her Dog-Friendly Town mystery series is a Parents magazine Storytime Pick. Josephine received her MFA in Poetry and Fiction Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame and strives every day to live up to her most satisfying literary review: “Morally complex and extremely fun.” (Kirkus Reviews)
Featured Work
Not All Heroes
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
"With its clear, accessible writing, this suspenseful story masterfully juggles many topics: grief; self-assurance; the need for individual, collective, and systemic approaches to ableism, poverty, and other social ills; and the fine line between “extreme altruism” and self-aggrandizement. Morally complex and extremely fun." ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Not All Heroes promotes the insight that we all have the superpower to help people in need, even if only in small ways." ―Booklist
"A rivalry with another RLSH league add a lively element, but the story stays grounded in day-to-day life, encouraging readers to think critically about what allyship means and how to avoid centering oneself." ―Horn Book
Other Works
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The Department of Lost Dogs
2023
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Maybe a Mermaid
2019
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A Dog Friendly Town
2000
Awards and Recognition
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Award
- A Kirkus Best Books of the Year
- Parents Magazine Storytime Pick
- A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
- Amazon Best Book of the Month and editor’s pick for Amazon Kids subscription box
- Academy of American Poets Prize
