The Latest

I’m pleased to announce that my latest novel, Whistlebrook, will be published by Koehler Books in December, 2026. A meld of historical and speculative fiction with hints of a ghost story, Whistlebrook examines if and how we can move beyond hopelessness to create lives that halt our collective skid into self-destruction.

Stay tuned for more information about readings and presentations.

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A Kirkus Review Best Indie Book of 2019

“This All-at-Onceness is an accumulating achievement, a thought-provoking meditation on the way time changes each of us, and technology changes all of us.” —Jane Brox, author of Silence

These essays are smart — intellectually ambitious and unrelentingly perceptive — but what really makes them stand out is how surprisingly beautiful they are too, if beauty can be understood to encompass humor and wonder and tenderness and ferocity, and tireless, urgent sense of search. — Leah Hager Cohen, author of Strangers and Cousins

“A vivid and moving novel by an award-winning writer working with deep reserves of insight, heart, and mind …Julie Wittes Schlack joins Anne Tyler, Alice Munro, and Colette in exploring the challenges for a single woman facing urgent questions in mid-life.” — James Glickman, author of Crossing Point

“Burning and Dodging is brimming with philosophical debates, like a marvelous dinner party where every guest is fascinating. Most fascinating of all is Tina, Julie Schlack’s funny, restless, acerbic heroine … This is an enormously intelligent and compassionate look at how talking and listening create empathy.” — Suzanne Berne, Orange Prize-winning author of The Blue Window