About Julie

Julie Ma was born and bred in Wales although she does have to tick Asian-Chinese on those ethnicity forms at the end of questionnaires.

Before her lucky break in winning the WH Smith Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition, Julie was working in a Chinese takeaway in a small Welsh town. And still does. 

Prior to that, she tried an eclectic mix of jobs in search of her niche – postal worker, medical secretary, call centre operator. It turned out her niche was not to be Post Master General, Consultant Haematologist or Head of Customer Relationships but to be an observer of ordinary life all around her. With a firm belief that the ordinary can be extraordinary, she tries to turn what she sees into stories worthy of our attention.

Now Julie squeezes writing into the gaps between customer orders and the demands of her housemate – the Lurcher – whose social circle far exceeds hers in spite of being an actual dog.