Julie E. Czerneda

Julie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction writer whose first novel, A Thousand Words for Stranger, was published in 1997 by DAW Books. Her second novel, Beholder's Eye, was published by DAW in October 1998, with the sequel to A Thousand Words for Stranger, Ties of Power, published by DAW in October 1999. DAW has purchased four more science fiction novels as well.

Formerly a researcher in animal communication, Julie has also written non-fiction, from biology texts to the use of science fiction to develop literacy. She currently lives at the edge of a forest with her family, enjoying rocketry and canoeing whenever there’s time. Julie attributes her love of writing to the advice of her mother. "When I didn't like the ending of a book, Mom gave me a typewriter and suggested I write my own. I never stopped."

A firm believer in the ability of science fiction to stretch the imagination and creativity of readers, Julie is also the author of the just-published teacher resource: No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction, from Trifolium Books Inc., Toronto. This book is based on her series of workshops with students and teachers, and is accompanied by a Y/A anthology, Packing Fraction and Other Tales of Science & Imagination. Both books are illustrated by Larry Stewart and contain original SF stories by Charles Sheffield, Jan Stirling, Josepha Sherman, and Robert J. Sawyer, as well as speculative poetry by Carolyn Clink. Coming in 2000: Tales from the Wonder Zone, a series of original sf anthologies for younger readers and for use in elementary schools.

Julie grew up on airforce bases, her family moving with each transfer from Ontario to Prince Edward Island and finally to Nova Scotia. When her father retired, the family moved to Ontario, settling in what was a rural setting near the shores of Lake Ontario and is now Mississauga. A thorough gypsy, Julie pursued her interest in biology at the Universities of Waterloo, Saskatoon, and Queen's (Kingston) accompanied by her former chemistry partner and now husband Roger. Pausing briefly in St. Jacobs to give birth to their children Jennifer and Scott, Julie and Roger moved a few more times before landing in Orillia, Ontario. Since most of her books are now out of their boxes and on shelves, the family is hopeful Julie will stay put for a while. Anything's possible.

Why does Julie enjoy writing about aliens? "As a biologist, the twists and tricks of living things always fascinate me. We live in a world of hang-gliding spiders, forests consisting of a single tree, and fish that sing. I can't imagine a universe that didn't contain different forms of life."

 
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SPECIES IMPERATIVE
Survival
Migration
Regeneration

STRATIFACTION
Reap the Wild Wind

TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE TEACHER'S RESOURCES
No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction
Packing Fraction & Other Tales

THE TRADE PACT UNIVERSE SERIES
A Thousand Words For Stranger
Ties of Power
To Trade the Stars

WEB SHIFTERS
Beholder's Eye
Changing Vision
Hidden in Sight

STAND ALONE
In the Company of Others

ANTHOLOGIES
Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science and Imagination (Editor)
ReVisions (Editor)
Space Inc. (Editor)
UNDER COVER of darkness (Editor)

REALMS OF WONDER FANTASY ANTHOLOGIES
Summoned to Destiny (Editor)
Fantastic Companions (Editor)
Mytspring (Editor)

TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE
Stardust (Editor)
Explorer (Editor)
Orbiter (Editor)
Odyssey (Editor)
POLARIS (Editor)

SHORT STORIES
A Touch of Blue - a Web Shifters story in Heroes in Training
Ascent in Fate Fantastic
Birthday Jitters in Haunted Holidays
Brothers Bound in Sirius the Dog Star
Bubbles and Boxes in New Voice in Science Fiction
Dear John in X The Unknown edited by Aaron Yorgason for Toronto Trek 12
Down on the Farm in Far Frontiers
First Contact Inc. in First Contact
Left foot on a blind man in Silicon Dreams
No Place Like Home! (Novella) in Forbidden Planets
Out of China in ReVisions
Over Suds (In Which Experts Discuss the Relevance of Homely Details... in Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies, and SD-6
Peel in Shadow of Evil
Prism in DAW's 30th Anniversary Anthology of Science Fiction
Prospect Park in Packing Fraction & Other Tales
She's Such a Nasty Morsel - a Web Shifters Story in Women of War
The Franchise in Space Stations
The Midas Spell in Spell Fantastic
The Passenger in Treachery and Treason
Ware the Sleeper in Battle Magic
What Sleeps in the Shallows Belongs to the Depths in Limited Edition Chapbook by the Buffalo Fantasy League for Eeriecon 7, April 2005