Julie Wan is a nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in Arts and Letters, Kartika Review, and The Washington Post, among others. She currently serves as the assistant editor of Weatherwise magazine and also freelances as a copyeditor and proofreader for various nonprofit organizations and businesses.
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 writing 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 won the Arts and Letters Creative Nonfiction Prize and the William Allen Creative Nonfiction Award. A chapter is available here.
Julie now lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, William.