Julie Phillips (born

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the List of Unit ...

) is an American writer who writes about books, film, and culture. In early adulthood she became interested in feminism. Her articles have appeared in ''

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'', '' Mademoiselle'', ''

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'', and elsewhere. Her biography of James Tiptree, Jr., titled ''James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon'', won the

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, the 2007

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for History/Biography, and the

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for Best Non-fiction/Art Book. In 2017, she was awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant to complete her book ''The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem,'' which was published in 2022. She is also working on a biography of the writer

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

. She lives with her husband and two children in

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,Interview at Strange Horizons
where she is a book critic for the daily newspaper ''

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'' and for the website 4Columns.

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