Julie Strauss-Gabel
Strauss-Gabel in 2016
Born	1972 (age 51–52)[1]
Alma mater	Amherst College[1] Harvard Graduate School of Education[1]
Known for	edited numerous NYT Best Sellers[2]
Notable work	Will Grayson, Will Grayson (editor)[3] The Fault in Our Stars (editor)[4]
Spouse	David Feldman[5]

Julie Ellyn Strauss-Gabel (born 1972) is an American publisher and editor of books for young adults who is notable for getting numerous titles on The New York Times Best Seller list.^[2]

Strauss-Gabel grew up in White Plains, New York, the daughter of a forensic photographer and a teacher of home economics.^[5] She attended Amherst College where she edited the college newspaper, The Amherst Student, and met her future husband.^[5] She graduated cum laude from Amherst, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.^[5]

Strauss-Gabel was associate editor at Clarion Books^[5] and was later an editor at Hyperion Books for five years. She is editor and publisher at Dutton Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group.^[6][7][8] In one week in April 2015, novels that she edited occupied five of the top ten spots.^[2] According to one count, she has edited 22 books which were New York Times Bestsellers.^[2] She edited numerous titles such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson, a story of two young men sharing the same name but who had different sexual orientations.^[3] Her books have won numerous book awards, including the Printz, two Edgars, a Boston Globe-Horn, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award.^[1] She has been described as having a knack for spotting talent and nourishing writers.^[2] She was instrumental in helping novelist John Green create the blockbuster book The Fault in Our Stars, a story about the inconvenience of teenage love in the face of tragedy.^[4]

Strauss-Gabel married David Feldman, a writer and puppeteer for children's television, in 2000.^[5]