About Julie
One of New Zealand’s Popular Authors
Julie was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she is now residing again after living on the rugged West Coast of the South Island for nine years. She has worked and served overseas with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including a three- year posting to Bangkok, Thailand.
Her Big Break in the Realm of Children’s Literature
The Fairytale SeriesNever skip a word again!
Written in a larger font so kids can try to read along with the reader. I want to make reading fun and interactive and to have a good laugh whilst reading. I imagine these books will be ones that will be read and re-read for years. The stories are for all ages from 5 upwards but older kids will get right into what the books are designed to do for them. I felt there was a gap in the market and hopefully this will fill it.
Each book has its own glossary of terms in the back. These books focus on improving vocabulary and dealing with words like they'd = they had and she'd = she had
Books designed to strengthen kids' abilities and to try to read on their own with the help of the glossary of terms. I've put it in the order the words appear, so kids can read with their thumb in the back part for easy reference. I used to read like that if a book had a glossary. I figured if I did that, others do too.
When kids read, they can tend to skip words rather than work them out. So here's a series of books that will help the kids work the words out for themselves and not lose the storyline.
A teacher made the comment, these books would be fantastic for autistic kids!
The series heads towards just before chapter books, as the kids progress so do the books. For readers who want to explore harder words and push themselves initially with Mum and Dad's help.
For the younger ones, hopefully they will get a laugh at Mum or Dad trying to show them how a furrowed brow looks or how does someone look - when they are pondering something. These books are humour both in and outside the pages. Have fun with them. Number 5 onwards, I put chapters in! With little things like - did you make it this far? Sick of using your bookmark? My sense of fun. Which I'm sure the kids will get into.
There are seven books in total in this series and by the time the kids get to the end of these books, they've actually read a big novel! Well done you guys!
These books do lead into the Realms series, which are chapter books, so when the kids are older they can broaden their reading.
Her Published Works
Julie writes Mystery Novels. Welcome to her mystery world, where she is going to entertain you. She is going to pull you into her world and you won't be able to put your book down! You're going to be reading under the sheets just to see what happens next. If you liked reading Harry Potter you will love The Realms series and now with the help of digital publishing, it is easy to bring the series to a worldwide audience. The Fairytale series is pure humour laced with mystery. Most adults love my books too! Julie started Ooky Spooky Publications in 2017.
How did Julie come up with Ooky Spooky Publications? Well, on her desk sits a membership card for the Ooky Spooky club which was on television when she was a child. She would watch it every afternoon. It was about learning how do things like write messages in invisible ink so no one could read them using lemon juice.
The Keeper of Secrets series. These are fiction books written around her adventures with exploring the alternative health sector. She reveals the right health professionals to contact and sequences to certain things. Julie worked with one of the world's top bodytalkers in the process of researching for these books. If you have an open mind and want to take control of your health and learn what works well and how - read this series of books. They are not an easy read, they reveal and show techniques. The hard work has been done for you. #empaths #Multiple Sclerosis #bi polar #schizophrenia #spiritualhealing #Reiki #entities #bodytalk #narcassists #agoodread
Her Life at Home
Julie lives with her daughters and her beautiful English Mastiff, Mr Arthur. Julie was Chair of the New Zealand Society of Authors for Canterbury in 2012.
Julie likes to swim, walk and bike for fitness. The fitter you are - the better you are!
Gardening and landscaping is one of Julie's passions. Julie loves the older style homes from the early 1920's.
She also enjoys making stoneware and other creative hobbies. Julie designs all her covers for her books in conjunction with a graphic designer who has the software to bring her ideas to fruition.
