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Julie Hartley

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in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult

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I was born in a steel town in the North of England, and started writing my first novel - on a manual tyepwriter - when I was 15. These days, I live in Toronto with my husband, daughter, and a feisty parrot! My poetry and short stories have appeared in literary magazines in England and Canada, and my plays for young people have toured on two continents. The Finding Place was my first published novel - this came out in 2015 and was followed in 2019 by Deboning a Dragon - a collection of poetry. I'm thrilled to be working with Bookouture, these days - writing historical fiction! My first novel, which is about a young girl in England who hides a German spy, was published in September 2024 and is available in paperback, for Kindle and on Audible ...more

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Books Exploring the Coming-of-Age Experience

Children growing to adulthood under bizarre, unusual and extreme circumstances: it’s a common theme in literature, and one that some of the world’s greatest novelists have tackled. Here’s six great examples for you to check out: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels In 1940 a boy bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, [...]

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