Our Authors - Julie Ditrich

Julie is a full-time freelance writer and director of Black Mermaid Productions, a creative team that focuses on comics and books. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Professional Writing (University of Canberra, 1986) where she majored in freelance writing, script writing and theatre/media, she was a bookseller, publicist, and marketing manager. She coordinated a children’s literary program Aloud in the Park and Aloud in the Powerhouse for several years. Julie was the Publications Manager at the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) where she commissioned, wrote and edited many books. Julie has been published in various magazines including The Australian Author. She recently completed her novel Shadow of the Ba Ka and has worked extensively in the medium of illustrated books and comics where her writing credits include: Dart: The Mini Series (Image Comics, USA), Elfquest: WaveDancers (Warp Graphics, USA), and The Foundling (teaser), (Oblagon Anthology, Kaleidoscope Publishing, Australia).

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