Julianne Negri is an award-winning writer and library worker living on Wurundjeri land.  

 

Julianne’s debut children’s novel The Secret Library of Hummingbird House was published in 2020 by Affirm Press and was a 2021 CBCA Notable. 2022 saw the publication of the nonfiction, Veena Sahajwalla: 'green' engineer and recycling champion as part of the Wild Dingo Press Aussie Stem Star series. Her debut picture book Almost a Fish, illustrated by Evie Barrow, was released in May 2024 and won the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. Adding to the variety of publications, Julianne's debut YA novel The Belly of a Wolf will be published by UWA in March 2026.

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Julianne has been the recipient of various awards including the Australian Society of Author’s Emerging Writer’s Mentorship Award, runners up in the Scarlet Stiletto Short Story Award and Highly Commended in the Southern Cross Short Story Award and New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime.

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An advocate for promoting children’s literature and reading, she has judged The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards in 2024 and 2025.

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Julianne has five children and has worked as a musician, eco-crafter, film reviewer and film maker, suggesting she is either multi-talented or has a very short attention span.

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