Julie Burtinshaw

Julie was born in Vancouver and has lived in many cities and towns both in and out of Canada. Julie is an award-winning author of seven books for young adults. Her last novel, Saying Goodbye to London was named one of the five outstanding books for children in the 2018, BC Book Prizes. Other nominations for her books include the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Best Books for Teens 2009 list, the prestigious Ontario White Pine Award in 2010. She has read and facilitated writer’s workshops in high schools across Canada (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario) where her highly interactive and lively workshops have helped to foster a love of both reading and writing to young adults and adults everywhere.

She is an active blogger and has judged many celebrated writing contests, including the 2008, BC Book Awards. In 2011 she was selected as a judge for the Red Cedar Award (BC), as well as the 2011 and 2012 Mate E. Palmer Professional Communicators Contest of the Illinois Women’s Press Association (IWPA). Julie is currently working on a historical fiction novel, set in Quebec. She was the Writer in Residence for Saltspring Island in April, 2019.