About
Bio
Julie Carrick Dalton is the Boston-based author of The Last Beekeeper and Waiting for the Night Song, named a Most Anticipated 2021 novel by CNN, Newsweek, USA Today, Parade, and others, and an Amazon Editor’s pick for Best Books of the Month. A Bread Loaf, Tin House, and GrubStreet Novel Incubator alum, Julie is a frequent speaker on the topic of Fiction in the Age of Climate Crisis at universities, conferences, libraries, and museums. Her writing has appeared in Chicago Review of Books, Orion, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, and other publications. When she isn’t writing, you can usually find Julie digging in her garden, skiing, kayaking, or walking her dogs.
Interviews
Chicago Review of Books, Cover Reveal of Waiting for the Night Song
Santa Fe Writers Project, Author Spotlight
Writers & Readers Magazine, A Few Things About Me
WOW Women On Writing, Runner Up In the Spring Flash Fiction Contest
Grub Street, Meet A Grubbie
Awards
Waiting for the Night Song
- Winner, 2017 William Faulkner Literary Competition
- Winner, 2017 Writers’ League of Texas Award
- Finalist, 2018 Caledonia Novel Award
- Finalist, 2018 Claymore Award
(Note: WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG was previously titled The Poachers’ Code and Four Degrees.)
Other Writing Awards
- Finalist, 2019 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature
- Winner, 2016 Writer’s Digest contest
- Finalist, 2017 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Award
- Final Ten List, 2017 Santa Fe Writers Project Award
- Finalist, 2018 San Francisco Writers Contest
- Shortlist, 2018 Somerset Award
- Winner, 2017 RevPit contest
- Winner, 2016 Boston’s Craft on Draft contest
- Winner, 2016 Sun vs Snow contest
- Second Place, 2016 Novel Beginnings contest
- Finalist, 2017 Women on Writing flash fiction contest
Author photo credit: Sharona Jacobs
Book cover design: Katie Klimowicz
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Author Photo
Book Cover Image