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Julianne Moore

1960

Oscar-winning American actress who has also published a series of children's books based on her own childhood experience of being teased for her red hair and freckles. The Freckleface Strawberry series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, became a bestselling children's franchise and was adapted into an off-Broadway musical. Moore is one of the more successful celebrity children's book authors.

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PeriodContemporary
NationalityAmerican
1. Biography

A short life of the author

Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith, 1960) is an American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Still Alice (2014) and has received five Oscar nominations across her career. She has also published several children’s picture books.

Published Works

Freckleface Strawberry (2007, Bloomsbury, illustrated by LeUyen Pham) is based on Moore’s own experience as a red-haired, freckle-faced child who desperately wanted to fit in. The book became a bestseller and spawned sequels (Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully, Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever) and an off-Broadway musical adaptation.

My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me (2009, illustrated by Meilo So) draws on Moore’s experience as the daughter of a Scottish-born mother, celebrating children with foreign-born parents.

Collecting Moore

Freckleface Strawberry (2007, Bloomsbury) first editions are common at $15–$30. Signed copies are available through bookshop events and carry a modest premium, driven more by Moore’s fame as an actress than by the book’s literary significance.