About Julie
Julie was born in Torrance, California in 1970. She moved to Ahwahnee, California, in the mountains near Yosemite National Park, as a young child, where she grew up. Julie attended the University of California at Davis, earning her degree in English literature, and then went to a private business school to obtain her paralegal certification. She spent a year in Spain, teaching English. After many years as a legal administrator in the San Francisco bay area, Julie quit work to stay home with her two young daughters. She began her writing career in the magazine market, and published her work in The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Green Prints, MotherVerse Magazine, Highlights for Children and the American Library Association's Knowledge Quest magazine. Her first novel, Discovering Pig Magic, winner of the 2008 Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature, is available everywhere books are sold. The Crepemakers' Bond, the highly anticipated sequel to Discovering Pig Magic, will be released in Fall 2010.
In late 2007 Julie relocated to the tiny coastal town of Crescent City in extreme Northern California. While she loves to write, Julie also thrives on reading, particularly contemporary fiction. Her other hobbies include gardening (with an emphasis on strange and exotic succulents), and cooking difficult and extravagant meals. She can be found frequenting the beaches around her home with her dog Digby and a good walking stick. A longtime practitioner of yoga, Julie began teaching yoga in a small Crescent City studio in 2007. She likes her life.
Julie in the News
Read an interview with Julie on California Readers.
Julie featured in The Daily Triplicate, the local newspaper of Crescent City, California.
Article from the Sierra Star, a newspaper in Julie's hometown, Oakhurst, California.
Julie is a full member of SCBWI (Northern California Chapter) and The Author's Guild
Julie's first novel has been accepted into the California Collection. Visit www.californiareaders.org to see Julie's interview and to learn more about the California Collection of literature.