Julie Christine Johnson

Julie Christine Johnson is an award-winning novelist and short story writer based on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Her novels include In Another Life (Sourcebooks) and The Crows of Beara (Ashland Creek Press), which was published in 2017 by Ashland Creek Press and was a Siskiyou Prize finalist. Her fiction explores characters searching for belonging across landscapes, drawing on her years abroad in France, Japan, and New Zealand and her earlier career in international education and wine. She also writes short stories and essays and leads writing workshops. Upside-Down Girl, a New Zealand-set drama, is forthcoming from Rootstock Publishing in April 2027.