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Speaking
Engagements: Julie Anne Long is available for weddings,
Bar Mitzvahs, children's birthday parties...
Just kidding! But
she does like to talk, and she especially enjoys meeting
readers. If you're a member of the press or a book seller, or if
you'd like Julie to speak to your book group or to your students
(if you're a teacher), Julie would love to hear from you. Send
a media inquiry here.
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Press Kits:
Members of the press and booksellers can request Julie Anne Long's
media kit (including a photo, press release, official biography, reviews,
and other goodies) by sending
a media inquiry.
ARCs:
If you're a book reviewer or a
member of a book group and you'd
like an ARC , send a send
a media inquiry with "ARC request" in the
subject line. Tell me a little about your publication, website or
book group (you may already be on my publisher'ss ARC list). amd I'll
send an ARC off to you if we have any left.
Rights Information:
Contact my agent, Steve
Axelrod, at the Axelrod Agency.
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Julie Anne Long's
Biography
the long version
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San Francisco-based romance
author Julie Anne Long has been a storyteller from almost the moment
she could write: her first completed work of fiction was an illustrated
(courtesy of Crayola) opus about talking apples.
So how does one make the leap from talking apples to historical romance?
Well, as you may have guessed, Julie’s career trajectory wasn't exactly
a straight one. Though it seemed straight enough at first: she was
editor of her fifth grade class newspaper (Mrs. Little’s class at
Glenmoor Elementary in Fremont, California, did indeed have one),
of her high school paper, of her college paper. She began college
as a Journalism major and ended up with a degree in Creative Writing.
She won a few writing awards. She gulped down history books and romance
books and literature of every stripe—Jane Austen was an early favorite,
Laura Ingalls Wilder earlier still. She published a few articles.
She loved writing and dreamed of being a novelist, and—well, it seemed
she was heading in that direction.
But writing had some stiff competition for her affections: namely,
electric guitars. Not to mention the men who played electric guitars.
Midway through her college career, Julie Anne Long bought a Fender
Strat and then, much to the horror of several of her English professors,
set out to be a rock star instead of a novelist.
She managed to make a reasonable success of it for about eight years,
playing guitar, writing songs and singing in bands in the San Francisco
Bay Area while working corporate jobs. But when the charm (ahem) of
playing to four people at midnight on a Wednesday in dark sticky clubs
finally wore thin, Julie realized she could incorporate all of the
best things about being in bands—drama, passion, and men with unruly
hair—into novels, while at the same time indulging her love of history
and research. So stuffed her guitars in the back of her closet and
reached instead for a keyboard—the computer variety—and returned to
her first love, writing. Which is how the THE RUNAWAY DUKE— the story
of a wayward bride, a blackmailing dandy, a scheming duchess, two
bumbling highwaymen, a pack of gypsies, and an Irish groom with a
very big secret—was born.
Today Julie Anne Long, a Bay Area native, lives and writes in San
Francisco where she enjoys museums, the ballet, the symphony— and
every now and then, a Led Zeppelin song turned up full blast. |
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Julie Anne Long's
Biography
the short version
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Julie Anne Long originally set out to be a rock star when she grew
up, and she has the guitars and the questionable wardrobe stuffed
in the back of her closet t prove it. When playing to indifferent
crowds at midnight in dank clubs lost its, ahem, charm, she realized
she could incorporate all of the best things about being in a band—namely,
drama, passion and men with unruly hair—into novels, while
at the same time indulging her love of history and research. So
she made the move from guitar to keyboard (the computer variety)
and embarked on a considerably more civilized, if not much more
peaceful, career as a novelist.
Julie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with a fat orange cat.
(Little known fact: they issue you a cat the minute you become a
romance novelist.)
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