Julie Christine Johnson

Julie Christine Johnson is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Her debut, In Another Life (Sourcebooks), a timeslip fantasy inspired by the 13th-century Cathar Crusade, was honored as 2016’s Foreword Indies Book of the Year (Fantasy). Her follow-up, The Crows of Beara (Ashland Creek Press), set against the rugged coastline of southwest Ireland, was recognized as a finalist for The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature. Currently, Julie is preparing for the April 2027 release of Upside Down Girl (Rootstock Publishing), a contemporary drama set in New Zealand that explores the universal longing for community and belonging.

A former international education administrator and wine buyer who has lived on four continents, Julie blends lyrical storytelling with deep explorations of identity, place, and the natural world. Her fiction follows characters on transformative journeys, searching for belonging across landscapes both inner and wild.

When not writing, Julie hikes the misty forests of the Olympic Peninsula, practices yoga, works as a non-profit finance administrator, and continues to find inspiration in the quiet magic of home.