birth_date: 1969-11-18 00:00:00
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name: Julia Watts
about: Julia Watts is the author of over a dozen novels, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning Finding H.F.., the Lambda Literary and Golden Crown Literary Society Award finalist The Kind of Girl I Am, and the Lambda Literary Award finalist and Golden Crown Literary Award-winning Secret City. She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Tennessee, an M.A. in English from the University of Louisville, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. She lives in Knoxville and is a member of the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. Her newest publication is LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia (West Virginia University Press), which she co-edited with Jeff Mann. Her young adult novel, Quiver, was a SIBA Okra Pick and a finalist for th Julia Watts is the author of over a dozen novels, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning Finding H.F.., the Lambda Literary and Golden Crown Literary Society Award finalist The Kind of Girl I Am, and the Lambda Literary Award finalist and Golden Crown Literary Award-winning Secret City. She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Tennessee, an M.A. in English from the University of Louisville, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. She lives in Knoxville and is a member of the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. Her newest publication is LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia (West Virginia University Press), which she co-edited with Jeff Mann. Her young adult novel, Quiver, was a SIBA Okra Pick and a finalist for the Foreword Indies Award. Her new novel, Needlework, is available from Three Rooms Press. ...more