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Julie Stielstra

Reader – Writer – Librarian

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    • The Wasp Queen – February 2023
    • Scratched – September 2022
    • Opulence, Kansas – June 2020
    • Protected Contact and Other Stories – 2017
    • Pilgrim – 2016
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Category: Kansas

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 […]

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 […]

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

Come see me Saturday, Dec. 10 in Wichita

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 by jstielstra

I will be there with copies of two youth novels, Opulence, Kansas, and Scratched. Would […]

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

J. Donald and Bertha Coffin Memorial Award for Opulence, Kansas

October 24, 2022February 3, 2023 by jstielstra

I am delighted to announce that the Kansas Authors Club has bestowed its 2022 J. […]

Kansas, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Opulence, Kansas – winner of High Plains Book Award for Young Adult Book

September 26, 2021December 11, 2021 by jstielstra

Delighted to announce that the Billings (MT) High Plains Book Award has honored my novel, […]

Kansas, Writing - Mine and Other People's

Opulence, Kansas – Billings Gazette review

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by jstielstra

As a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category for the High Plains Book Award, […]

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

MIPA Book Award Winner: Opulence, Kansas

June 27, 2021September 26, 2021 by jstielstra

I am delighted to have been honored by the Midwest Independent Publishers Association with a […]

Animals / Birds / Nature, Kansas

Birds, Bones, and Beetles – Chuck Warner

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 by jstielstra

Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist […]

Kansas, World War I

Tragedy in a Postcard

March 13, 2021April 30, 2021 by jstielstra

I am working on a historical novel, set in Kansas in 1917. I wanted a […]

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