Lovesick Falls
my second novel is out june 3
This queer take on As You Like It features first loves, friend breakups and madcap mix-ups, from award-winning author Julia Drake.
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Coming June 3, 2025
The Last True Poets of the Sea
my debut novel is filled with fish puns
Winner of the New England Book Award for Young Adult Literature
A Booklist Editor’s Choice Best Book of 2019
A Booklist Top 10 Debut of 2019 | A Bookpage Best Book of 2019
A Kirkus Best Book of 2019 | A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Rainbow List Selection | Junior Library Guild Selection
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Publishers Weekly | Kirkus
Booklist | School Library Journal | BCCB | Bookpage
“Hilarious, insightful, and swashbuckling, Drake’s debut is a lyrical adventure like no other” - David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland, Kids of Appetite, and
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
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“Profound and page-turning.”
— MADELINE MILLER, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF CIRCE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES
Short version: I wrote a book. Longer bio available here.
Where in the world is Julia Drake? At these events.
Let’s chat. Find me or my agent on the internet.