JULIE BERTAGNA
- Industry: Arts
- Occupation: Writer
- Location: United Kingdom
About Me
I write fiction, journalism and short stories. Most of my fiction is published for young adults but is read by a wide 'crossover' audience (10- 89 years, to date). My latest book is ZENITH, sequel to EXODUS, with the third story AURORA to follow (pub. YPicador). These are epic stories set in a flooded future - a Savage Earth saga. The Guardian called Exodus 'a miracle of a novel...one you will remember for the rest of your life.' It made a range shortlists and awards and is published in many countries, including the US from 2008 (by Walker US). Please see below for links to my WEBSITE, TALK FORUM and BLOGGER pages.
Interests
- Photography (once I've figured out the new camera)
- books
- music
- sushi
- cities
- islands
- walking
- swimming
- yoga
- the future
- weekend (not weekday) cooking
- early morning/ late night cafes
- hope
- exploring by car and train
- I like airports but not flying
- finding the real settings of books I've loved
- discovering great writing or music or film
- Fopp (for that reason) cinema with Nachos
- reading
- writing (on a good day).
Favorite Movies
- Lots. Citizen Kane
- old B&W films
- Wings of the Dove
- Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire. Anything with wings....
Favorite Music
- Ever-growing
- ever-changing on any given day...currently loving Dot Allison
- Foo Fighters and Nick Cave's Abattoir Blues Tour.
Favorite Books
- Also ever-changing and too many to list...currently loving The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
- Orhan Pamuk
- Cormac McCarthy
- poems by Sophie Mayer
- re-reading Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
- This Cold Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich.
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