Review
Praise for Julia's first book, THE STARLING TREE: "... a real find. Enormously affecting, it takes you straight to the emotional vortex of teenage life and the anguish of unrequited longing" The Guardian "Julia Clarke is a welcome new voice in teenage fiction" T2
About the Author
Since deciding she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, Julia Clarke wrote her first novel in 1987 after a circuitous route which included spells as a nanny, librarian, barmaid, cook at a remote Scottish country mansion, drama teacher, actress, theatre usherette, stage manager, cashier, wardrobe mistress and secretary to an astrologer. After travelling widely in Afghanistan and India, Julia married and had two children. She now lives on a farm in North Yorkshire with a dog, rabbits and hens. Her hobbies include theatre, music, walking, reading, travel and cooking.