Julia has a degree in Psychology and Dance, has worked in drama therapy, children's theatre, community arts, market research, mystery shopping, has taught drama and was Arts Editor of a Buckinghamshire newspaper for 6 years, reviewing one or two plays a week. She has lived in Cambridge since 2007 and does pharmaceutical market research. She has written since she could hold a pencil. Now, she revels in cut and paste technology, but still types with one finger. Many of her short plays, comedy sketches, children's shows have been performed, as has a pantomime. She also writes some articles and fiction. She is also a member of the Cambridge based drama writing group, WRiTEON.

Julia had a piece, A Reasonable Request, performed as part of the 2008 MAD Festival of New Writing. Her full-length play "Venus and Mars" has been performed at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge and at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe.