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Julia Franks

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Julia Franks is the author of The Say So (forthcoming in June with Hub City Press) and Over the Plain Houses (Hub City Press), an NPR Best Book of 2016 that also won five prestigious literary prizes (the Townsend Prize for Georgia fiction, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Award, the SIBA Southern Book Prize, Georgia Author of the Year, and the IPPY Gold Medal). She's also published stories and essays in The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, The Bitter Southerner, and other places. She lives in Atlanta.

Julia writes, "The most common question folks ask me is what my favorite books are. Immediately upon hearing this question, my mind goes blank. Always. So that's where Goodreads comes in. Listed here are my very favorite books: ones that have deeply affe ...more

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Was Anne Sexton's poem the inspiration for this book, or did you add it after the story was completed?
Julia Franks I actually added the poem in one of the book's final revisions. I'd forgotten about it up until then. More of a subconscious inspiration may have been…moreI actually added the poem in one of the book's final revisions. I'd forgotten about it up until then. More of a subconscious inspiration may have been the Cowboy Junkies song "Witches," as well as the old Gullah stories about boo hags.
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Julia Franks Cultivate a community among fellow writers, especially your peers. Almost all the good advice I've gotten about revising and about publishing has come…moreCultivate a community among fellow writers, especially your peers. Almost all the good advice I've gotten about revising and about publishing has come from my peers. (less)
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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,338 ratings · 209 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
Over the Plain Houses
3.68 avg rating — 1,177 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions
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“But a strange thing happened when a man reached the place he was trying to get. His thinking set, like a churn of milk gone to butter.”
― Julia Franks, Over the Plain Houses
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