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Julia is usually stuck in traffic in Silicon Valley. By day she is a trial lawyer. By night, she writes stories about heroes, monsters, and heroic monsters.

Also, eats a lot of dumplings.

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	Ebony Gate (Phoenix Hoard, #1) by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,647 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Jade (Phoenix Hoard, #2) by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stakes and Bones (Seattle Slayers, #1) by Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author), Julia Vee (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl City (The Phoenix Hoard, #3) by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 267 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bricks and Murder (Seattle Slayers, #2) by Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author), Julia Vee (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl on the Kraken by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaker's Dawn: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure Novel in the Veil by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sneak Peek for Ebony Gate by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of the Hinterlands by Julia Vee (Goodreads Author), Ken Bebelle (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I read a lot of Urban Fantasy. I read broadly but UF is probably my favorite. As a reader, I was totally unaware of publishing trends. But in the last few years I’ve had to learn a lot more about publishing and then I started to hear that “urban fantasy is dead” from publishing insiders. I thought that was st

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