Julie Wan is a nonfiction writer based in Washington, DC. Her writing has appeared in Arts and Letters, The Journal, Kartika Review, and The Washington Post, among others. She freelances as a copyeditor and proofreader for various publishers, nonprofit organizations, and businesses, and is also a book reviewer for BookBrowse and a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Julie received her MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh, where she was the recipient of a teaching fellowship and a Nationality Rooms travel research grant to China. She has taught creative writing, rhetoric, and composition at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Maryland, and the Catholic University of America.
Julie was born in Ho Chi Minh City to Chinese parents but spent most of her childhood in Canada. She is writing a memoir about her family, excerpts of which have received the Arts and Letters Creative Nonfiction Prize and the William Allen Creative Nonfiction Award.
Julie now lives on Capitol Hill with her husband, journalist William Wan, and is a member of St. Brendan’s church.