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.