Julie Metz is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Perfection and Eva and Eve. She has written for publications including:The New York Times, Salon, Dame, Tablet, Catapult, Glamour, Oldster, Next Tribe, Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, Coastal Living, and mrbellersneighborhood. Her essay “Instruction” appeared in the anthology The Moment, edited by Larry Smith, creator of “Six-Word Memoirs.” Julie posts essays on life and writing on the weekly Substack: Consider the Spider.

Julie has been a guest on podcasts including: Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books with host Zibby Owens, QWERTY with host Marion Roach, Dear Sugar Radio, co-hosted by Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond; Women of the Hour, hosted by director/actress/author Lena Dunham; BBC Radio’s show The Why Factor on the subject of Truth; and You Turns, co-hosted by Jill Herzig and Lisa Oz.

Julie is a fellow of The Yaddo Corporation, The MacDowell Colony, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and The Vermont Studio Center. She is also the winner of a Literary Death Match, the international competitive reading series founded by Adrian Zuniga (she brought a sword).

Julie lives with her family in the Hudson River Valley.