★ “Heartwarming.”
“Poignant.”
“Genuine and satisfying.”
Like a three-wick candle, Julie’s coming-of-age novels are meant to sink into. With complexity & heart, and layers to burn through or savor, she believes the best stories get at what it means to be human — and turn the pages while evoking warmth you’ll want to come back to. See why her debut has been called “heartwarming,” (School Library Journal, starred review), “genuine and satisfying” (Booklist), and “[Clever]…keeping readers guessing” (Publishers Weekly) while “Moving…a poignant slice-of-life story” (VOYA):
notes from the workshop
Writing is mechanics, but it’s also everything off the page. At Arts & Ends, Julie blogs about writing books, the projects and inspirations between them, and light bulbs from the creative life in general.
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