About

I’m Julia, and I write speculative fiction with a romantic twist. My writing is influenced by my love of historical eras and fondness for imagining life in new worlds. When not writing, I enjoy reading (YA everything, classic literature, and historical fiction are favorites), hiking and exploring (especially in my native state of Colorado and adopted state of Florida), and watching entirely too much television. I live in Florida with my husband, turtles, and zoo of backyard wildlife. My debut novel, Ashes Swept, was released in 2017, and I’m hoping to release another book someday soon.

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F.A.Q. Lightning Round!

Favorite Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Favorite Book Series: The Starbound Series, The Six of Crows duology, A Song of Ice and Fire
Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Leigh Bardugo, Philippa Gregory
Star Wars or Star Trek: Both, but Star Wars if pressed
Spaceship or Tallship: Tallship! But, gah, I do love a spaceship…
Favorite Foods: Potatoes, cheese, chocolate, sushi
Favorite Drink: Coffee, tea, diet Pepsi
Favorite Cuisine: Mexican and Indian
Favorite Disney Movies: Encanto, Moana, Beauty and the Beast, Robin Hood, Pete’s Dragon
Favorite Musicals: Hamilton, Chess, Les Mis
Favorite TV Shows: Bob’s Burgers, Our Flag Means Death, Shadow & Bone, LOST, TVD, The Expanse, The 100, Cobra Kai, The Curse of Oak Island, Game of Thrones, Outlander, What We Do in the Shadows

Currently Reading:

Becoming Lili by Julia Blake
Inner Demons by Sarra Cannon

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So many lovely spring garden photos being shared by my northern hemisphere friends, I thought I'd jump in and share my beautiful plumeria blooms. For #throwbackthursday @julieembletonauthor asked for childhood author photos, so I'm heading waaay back to share this one of newborn me with my beautiful mom, who passed away a month ago tomorrow. I miss her terribly, but photos like these are such a joy to have. 💖 My mom absolutely LOVED to read. She was such a voracious reader that when she was a little girl, my grandmother had to tell the librarian to let her check out any book she wanted. She loved to take us to bookstores and the library, and she would never say 'no' to buying us books. So, we went to the bookstore today and had a little shopping spree in her honor. 💖📚 I wish I could call and tell her everything I got! Content Warning: Grief and loss. For today's #selfpromotesunday , Here's a little teaser for my fantasy WIP, code name "TLB." I can't wait to share it with you all! Spring has (sort of) arrived in the Northern Hemisphere... though we skipped straight to summer here in America's wang, and I'm pretty sure some northerly folks still have snow in the forecast. Looks like fall weather is arriving in the Southern Hemisphere, in the evenings at least? I'm a little late for #indiefeaturefriday but huge congratulations to my other dear CP on the release of her short story collection, A World of Hope. I love all three of these beautiful stories so much, and I am so excited they're out in the world! 💖 I 💖 LOVE! And since all my stories feature love, I wanted some of my favorite TV couples to have a special spot on my desk. There's not enough room for them all, and some big ones are missing (let's get some Our Flag Means Death Funko Pops already!) but it makes me happy to look up and see this while I'm writing! (Jamie & Claire, Mulder & Scully, Jack & Kate.) #FebruaryRefresh challenge hosted by @writehollydavis
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“I Don’t Read YA…”

One of my bookish pet peeves is when people proudly declare that they don’t read a particular genre or type of fiction. “I don’t read romance/YA/comic books/memoirs/…” Weird flex, but okay?

by juliajsimpson