As writers seem to, Julia H. West has held many arcane jobs. When she was a quality control technician for ultrasound heart machines, video recordings of cross sections of her heart were shipped all over the world with the machines. She’s also been a genealogical researcher, an office manager, a secretary, a desktop publisher, a digger at an archaeological dig, a quality assurance tech, a webmaster, an aircraft electrician (and aircraft battle damage repair instructor) for the Air Force Reserves, and a keyer for the United States Post Office.
Julia loves music, and sings with the Utah Filk Organization (that’s not a typo: filk is music of the science fiction and fantasy community). She was a founding member of the Salt Lake City, Utah chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism and still enjoys researching medieval culture. She was active in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for over ten years, and was awarded the Service to SFWA Award for work on the Nebula Award reports.
Julia graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a BA in Anthropology. When people asked her what she would do with the degree, she’d tell them, “Write science fiction.” Many of her stories incorporate fascinating bits of culture she discovered while studying. She has had fantasy and science fiction stories published in a number of magazines such as Realms of Fantasy, Oceans of the Mind, Spider, and The Friend. She has also been published in a number of anthologies, including Sword and Sorceress and Lace and Blade. She sold a fantasy poem to Enchanted Conversation. Many of her stories are now available as ebooks from Amazon and other distributors.
West Jordan, Utah has been Julia’s home for over 30 years. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and far too many Cat Overlords.
Hemelein Publications works:
- “Sea of Chaos” in Trace the Stars
- “Taking Wing” in A Dragon and Her Girl
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