Julie Hearn
, b. 1958
Julie Hearn is a British writer of historical fiction for young adult readers. Born in Abingdon, near Oxford, she began writing stories at a young age.She attended Oxford University, where she studied under the fantasy writer Phillip Pullman. After graduating she became a journalist, working as a features editor and freelance writer. She worked in Australia and lived in Spain before returning to the UK to pursue further study and creative writing. Her first novel, The Minister’s Daughter, was published in 2006. An idea from her Masters thesis became the basis of the time-travel novel Follow Me Down (2009), and Rowan the Strange (2011) was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She has a daughter, Tilly, and still lives in Oxfordshire.
Sources:
Profile at simonandschuster.com (accessed: October 12, 2018)
Profile at global.oup.com (accessed: October 12, 2018)
Profile at teenreads.com (accessed: October 12, 2018)
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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