Happy 80th, Julie Johnston! (Canadian YA novelist: Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me, 1994)

[Lenona]

An occupational therapist, she lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

One or two sources say she was born in 1943, but most say 1941.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/johnston-julie-1941
(her awards, plus long article on her work)

WORKS:

Hero of Lesser Causes (1992)
Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (1994)
The Only Outcast (1998)
Love Ya Like a Sister: A Story of Friendship from the Journals of Katie Ouriou (1999)
In Spite of Killer Bees (2001)
Susannah's Quill (2004)
As if by Accident (2005)
Little Red Lies (2013)
Two Moons in August

[Lenona]

Not to be confused with the much younger soccer player.

Another novel of hers, from 2006, is A Very Fine Line.

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/julie-johnston/
(photo and book covers)

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92100075/
(synopses)

https://static.kirkusreviews.com/author/julie-johnston/
(three Kirkus reviews)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/187837.Julie_Johnston
(reader reviews)

[Lenona]

Correction - it looks as though Two Moons in August doesn't belong on the list.