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Julie Stielstra

Reader – Writer – Librarian

  • You found me.
  • My Writing
    • The Wasp Queen – February 2023
    • Scratched – September 2022
    • Opulence, Kansas – June 2020
    • Protected Contact and Other Stories – 2017
    • Pilgrim – 2016
    • Anthologies / Collections
  • Little Fox Books
    • The Wasp Queen
    • The Far Side of Redemption: Collected Stories
    • Scratched
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Author: jstielstra

Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I currently live an old farmhouse on 7 acres of Kansas prairie well-stocked with birds. Our house is filled with two dogs, six cats, and books without number. And dust bunnies.
Kansas, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Intersections: 105 Meadowlark Reader

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024 by jstielstra

Thank you to the lovely people at Meadowlark Press for including my essay, “The Sparrow’s […]

Book Reviews / Goodreads, Fiction, World War I, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Reaching for the Moon in Slightly Foxed

March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 by jstielstra

I am beyond proud (“chuffed” would be the word of my British friends) to have […]

Fiction, Horses, Writing - Mine and Other People's

MIPA Silver Award winner, 2023

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 by jstielstra

Thanks to the Midwest Independent Publishers Association for honoring my YA novel, Scratched, with a […]

Fiction

The Fortnight in September – R.C. Sherriff

May 14, 2023May 22, 2023 by jstielstra

My rating: 4 of 5 stars After being enraptured by Sherriff’s The Hopkins Manuscript, this […]

Fiction, Kansas, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Eric Hoffer Awards – results are in!

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by jstielstra

My 2020 youth novel Opulence, Kansas was honored as First Runner-Up in the Legacy Fiction […]

Fiction, Kansas, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Eric Hoffer Book Award – Grand Prize Shortlist

April 24, 2023April 30, 2023 by jstielstra

I’m delighted to announce that my YA novel, Opulence, Kansas from Meadowlark Press has made […]

Book Reviews / Goodreads, Fiction, Russian Literature

A Present Past – Sergei Lebedev

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 by jstielstra

These eleven short stories continue Lebedev’s explorations of history, memory, evil, and survival, glowing with […]

Art / Art History, Book Reviews / Goodreads

All the Beauty in the World – Patrick Bringley

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 by jstielstra

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick […]

Art / Art History, Book Reviews / Goodreads

Seeing Like an Artist – Lincoln Perry

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 by jstielstra

David R. Godine, Publisher (2022) I have long suspected that artists’ eyes simply don’t work […]

Writing - Mine and Other People's

Get in on the giveaway!

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by jstielstra

At LibraryThing.com If you’re not a LibraryThing member, you should be. Create an account, log […]

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