Julie Artz
Author, Editor, Book Coach, Dragon, Your Story Matters LLC Julie has immersed herself in speculative fiction since trying unsuccessfully for years to make it to Narnia through a series of disappointing wardrobe adventures. Now she teaches writers how to create memorable worlds of their own.
Broadcasts August 20, 2025, 08:05 PM
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About this speaker
Julie Artz is an author, editor and book coach who helps status quo busting writers like you slay their doubt demons and get their stories reader-ready.
Over the past decade, Julie has worked with both award-winning and newer authors across the publishing spectrum from Big Five to small and university presses to indie and hybrid.
Julie is an Author Accelerator-certified Founding Book Coach and a sought-after speaker and writing instructor. She is a regular contributor to Jane Friedman and Writers Helping Writers, and a regular instructor for AuthorsPublish, IWWG, and more.
She has kept her industry knowledge sharp through her work as a Pitch Wars and Teen Pit mentor and a former SCBWI Regional Advisor (WWA), and through her memberships in The EFA, the WFWA, AWP, and the Authors Guild.
A consummate social and environmental justice minded story geek, Julie lives next to an enchanted river in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband, two naughty furry familiars, and two college-aged kiddos who manifest from time to time.
She’s built a thriving book coaching business based on her values, her editing chops, and her knowledge of story.
