Meet the Author: Julie Caldwell

Julie Caldwell published her first book in the summer of 2023, Of Witches and Ruin, a YA fantasy with 90s Sabrina the Teenage Witch vibes. Her next book is the sequel, Of War and Magic, and releases in May. 

Tell us about Of Witches and Ruin.
Of Witches and Ruin is a Young Adult Fantasy centered around sixteen-year-old witch Ebony Amberwood who has been banished from her home world of Amethystia and now has to live in the human world. Her two human best friends, Sam and Melissa, help Ebony when an unknowable force threatens to destroy both realms, and they go an adventure filled with magic, mystery, mayhem, and even some romance!
 
What's your favorite line from that book?
"You are a force to be reckoned with. I pity anyone who goes against you.”
 
Share a core memory that made you want to be a writer.
My mom used to read to me every night when I was a child, and she would do these silly voices for the characters and I remember being so enthralled I wouldn't sleep.
 
What was your favorite book as a child?
Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I loved the humor in it and the message that even if you're different you are still wonderful and important.
 
What finally made you decide to write a novel?
I've wanted to write a novel for as long as I can remember but I've never had the discipline to do it. I finally told myself that if I didn't get it done at that moment, it would never get done.
 
What piece of advice do you have for a new author?
Give yourself grace. Writing is a skill that takes work, and no one is perfect.
 
What is something you'd like readers to know about you as a person?
I am very excitable. Especially if it is about a subject I am passionate about.
 
What are you working on right now?
I'm working on Book One in my next series. This series will be based on the daughter of a certain figure from Greek Mythology.

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