Julia Watts is an American fiction writer.

Career

Julia Watts is the author of novels, short stories, etc., especially in the genres of young adult fiction and lesbian fiction/erotica. Her novels include ''

Finding H.F. ''Finding H.F.'' is a 2001 young adult novel by Julia Watts, published by Alyson Books. It won the Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult fiction that same year. Set in the Deep South, it describes the experience of being a lesbian t ...

'' for which she won the 2001

Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted ...

in the children/young adult category. She was nominated again for the 2005 award in the erotica category as one of the authors of the story collection '' Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians''. ''Women's Studies'' was a finalist for a

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award. Her young adult novel, ''Kindred Spirits'', is for the emerging press Beanpole Books. Her 2018 novel, ''Quiver'' was awarded a Perfect Tens Award by VOYA and the Fall 2018 OKRA Pick by Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. In addition to her fiction work, Watts recently co-edited an anthology of essays, memoirs and stories on the sensitive topic of

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titled Women. Period. Watts holds a masters in fine arts, which she obtained from

Spalding University Spalding University is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. History Spalding University traces its origins to Nazareth Academy, one of the oldest educational institut ...

. Watts resides in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state ...

, where she teaches at

South College South College is a private for-profit college with its main campus in Knoxville, Tennessee. It offers more than 80 programs and concentrations, including certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, and doctoral progra ...

Bibliography

Novels

*''Wildwood Flowers'' (1996) *''Phases Of The Moon'' (1997) *''Piece of my Heart'' (1998) *''Wedding Bell Blues'' (1999) *''Mixed Blessings'' *''

'' (2001) -- Winner

*''Women's Studies (novel), Women's Studies'' (2006) *''The Kind of Girl I Am (Novel) (2008) *''Secret City'' (2013) -- Nominated

*''Hypnotizing Chickens'' (2014) *''Quiver'' (2018) *''Needlework'' (2021)

Miranda Jasper Series (Young Adult)

*''Kindred Spirits'' (2008) *''Free Spirits'' (2009) *''Revived Spirits'' (2011)

Other writings

*''Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians'' (2004) Novella "Le Belle Rose" *''Bell, Book and Dyke: New Exploits of Magical Lesbians'' (2005) Novella "Skyclad" *''Stake through the Heart: New Exploits of Twilight Lesbians'' (2006) Novella "We Recruit" *''Tall in the Saddle: New Exploits of Western Lesbians'' (2007) Novella "The Sweetheart and the Spitfire" *''Women. Period.'' (editor with

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and

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) (2008)

References

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Brief capsule biography
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