Julie klassen biography
Julie klassen biography
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Julie Klassen
American author
Julie Klassen is an American author of Regency romance novels. She is the winner of several Christy Awards and a Midwest Book Award.[1]
Education
Klassen graduated from The University of Illinois.[1]
Career
She worked for 16 years in publishing and recently retired from being an editor at Bethany House Publishers to write full-time.[1]
She submitted the manuscript for her first novel, The Lady of Milkweed Manor, under a pseudonym; only she and her boss knew the identity of the author.
She felt this was necessary in order to receive an honest opinion so her fellow editors would not feel obliged to accept it for publication. Klassen also worried about what her colleagues would think of her writing, later saying "I didn't want to be embarrassed when I walked into work the next day".[2] Ultimately, the comments she received were positive and the manuscript was accepted for publication.[3]
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