COMING, 2026: HOME TO SUNFLOWER LANE

Home to Sunflower Lane, the second novel in the Sunflower Lane Series, is forthcoming from Meadowlark Press in 2026.

Kansas Authors Club 2025 Prose Writer of the Year

Julie was recognized as the Kansas Authors Club 2025 Prose Writer of the Year on October 5, 2025.

Long-List, History Through Fiction Short Story Contest

KNEA READING CIRCLE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TITLE

ANN OF SUNFLOWER LANE

Ann of Sunflower Lane was a Finalist for the 2023 High Plains Book Award (Young Adult Category).

Read the High Plains Book Award’s review.

Listen to my BookByte about Ann of Sunflower Lane for the High Plains Public Radio Reader’s Summer Book Club Reading List.

Available from Meadowlark Press or wherever you buy books.

DEAN JOE’S BOOK CLUB

Dr. Joe Mocnik, Kansas State University’s Dean of the Libraries, selected Ann of Sunflower Lane for his book club recommendations.

THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

Ann of Sunflower Lane was included on the Midwest Book Review’s YA Fiction Shelf in February 2023. Read the review here.

THE DEBUTANTE BALL CLASS OF 2023

Julie is honored to have been selected to be part of The Debutante Ball Class of 2023.

KINDRED VERSE: POEMS INSPIRED BY ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Available from Blue Cedar Press or wherever you buy books. 

Listen to Julie discuss the poetic imagination of kindred spirits with Brenton Dickieson on The MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute.

Review and Q&A with Rachel Dodge, August 23, 2021.

“A Review of Kindred Verse“: The Postmodern Journal, July 6, 2021.

Listen to Julie on the Prolific Pulse Poetry Podcast with Lisa Tomey.

Read a review of Kindred Verse by literary translator and author, Brett Alan Sanders. 

Read praise for Kindred Verse.

BACHATA AND DOMINICAN IDENTITY & THE MODERN BACHATEROS

Julie talks bachata on Meet the Music Podcast