Julie Watts
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Julie Watts {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 1950) is an Australian author and publisher. She won the Dromkeen Medal in 2001.
Early life
Watts was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Her mother worked in a second-hand bookshop after Julie was born.{{cite web|date=17 August 2013|title=Julie Watts, Editor and Publisher (Part 2)|url=http://www.anthonyhillbooks.com/blog/2013/8/Julie-Watts-Editor-and-Publisher-Part-2-|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024843/http://www.anthonyhillbooks.com/blog/2013/8/Julie-Watts-Editor-and-Publisher-Part-2-|archive-date=2016-03-04|publisher=Anthony Hill Books|accessdate=2021-06-13}}
Career
Watts' first job was secretary to the editor of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. She started at Penguin as secretary in the publishing department. She was later promoted to publisher for books for children and young adults.
Since 2005 Watts has worked as a freelance consultant.
Books
- The Art of Graeme Base (co-authored with Graeme Base)
Recognition and awards
Watts received both the Pixie O'Harris Award for Distinguished and Dedicated Service to the Development and Reputation of Australian Children's Books{{cite web|title=The Art of Graeme Base Julie Watts|url=http://www.thenile.co.nz/books/Julie-Watts/The-Art-of-Graeme-Base/9780670074297/|publisher=The Nile|accessdate=5 May 2015}} and, in 2001, the Dromkeen Medal for her contribution to children's literature.{{cite web|title=Dromkeen Medal|url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Awards/Dromkeen.htm|publisher=LA Trobe University|accessdate=5 May 2015}}
Watts was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to literature" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.{{Cite web|title=Ms Julie Deirdre Watts|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2008596|access-date=2021-06-13|website=It's An Honour}}
Other achievements
The Victorian Society of Editors made a presentation based on a transcript from three books and a film of Julie Watts. Bruce Beresford directed the film version.
Note
Watts is not to be confused with the poet Julie Watts,{{cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/19281213 |title=Interview with Julie Watts |publisher=AustLit, The University of Queensland |access-date=5 December 2023}} from Western Australia, who won the Blake Poetry Prize in 2017 and, in February 2018, the Dorothy Hewett Award for Legacy, an unpublished manuscript of collected poems{{cite web|title=Julie Watts Wins the 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award|url=https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/blogs/marginalia/julie-watts-wins-the-2018-dorothy-hewett-award-1|website=UWA Publishing|date=24 February 2018 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}
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Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia