About Julie
Julie Lekstrom Himes' short fiction has been published in Shenandoah, The Florida Review (Editor's Choice Award 2008), Fourteen Hills (nominated for Best American Mysteries 2011), Mid-American Review, Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Mikhail and Margarita, was published in 2017 by Europa Editions and received the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize of 2017. A Grubbie for years, she credits GrubStreet with helping her to take herself seriously as a writer.