Julia North

Julia North lives in the Medieval city of Salisbury, UK. She has one adult daughter (who she adores) and an uber indulged Siamese cat called Tao. She has worked as an actor, teacher, senior school leader, journalist and safeguarding lead. Julia hails originally from South Africa where she grew up during the time of apartheid. The evil of racism is a theme she deals with in her novel ‘Hear Me’ which is set in the time of Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as President of the newly democratic South Africa in 1994. She still holds a great love for her African roots and the light and darkness of that continent feature strongly in her novels ‘Lieutenant Hotshot’ and ‘Hear Me’.

Julia writes in a variety of genres from children’s through to gritty reality and crime. She’s a writer who cares deeply about her characters and their worlds and believes in the power of hope and the grace of God. She describes herself as a dreamer with a touch of the rebel. She holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh and has been a guest author at several Literary festivals. She won the adult writing section at the Salisbury Literary Festival (2017) and was shortlisted in the Yeovil Literary Prize (2012) and longlisted in the Burntwood Prize (2019) for her play Warchild.

Like any writer she’s an avid reader and one of her favorite books is Paul Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’ – a stirring story of destiny and following your dreams. For Julia writing is doing just that and as an eternal optimist she’s determined to keep going. ‘Hear Me’ is her third novel. You can visit Julia’s website on www.julianorthwriter.co.uk