WRITER
STORYTELLER
TEACHER
Julie Hartley
Welcome to my website! I’m a novelist, poet, creative writing teacher, editor, retreat leader and parrot owner. Here, you’ll find details of my books: check out my latest novel, released by Bookouture in September 2024! The novel is about a young girl living in England in 1940 whose life is changed forever when she discovers an injured German spy in the woods behind her home. You’ll also find information on this website about my annual creative writing retreats in Mexico and Costa Rica, and my creative writing classes for adults and teens. Check out my blog, too, for writing prompts and techniques, tales of travel and musings on a creative life. Oh – and there are a few stories about the parrot, too.
Her Secret Soldier is Out Now!
Her Secret Soldier tells the story of an 18-year-old girl in 1940 England whose life is forever changed when she discovers a German spy in the ancient woodland behind her home.It’s available on Kindle, in paperback on all online stores and as an audiobook through Audible!
Forthcoming from Bookouture: Her Secret Soldier by Julie Hartley
I’m delighted to announce that my next book – and my first historical fiction – is now available to pre-order on Amazon Kindle. The paperback and Audible versions will be available for pre-order shortly before the publication date. It’s September 1940 [...]
How to Write Historical Fiction
Are you interested in writing historical fiction? Here is a simple prompt to get you started: 1. Choose a historical event that you find interesting and research it for half an hour. Setting yourself a time limit for the research will [...]
Why I LOVE Writing – and Reading – Historical Fiction!
If you had asked me back in 2020 which genres I preferred as a writer, I would have said fantasy, science fiction, young adult, middle grade… anything but historical fiction. But then I discovered writers like Kristin Hannah and Kate Quinn, [...]