JULIA WILKINS

"This hauntingly beautiful and evocative story is one of the best I’ve read this year."

— R. J. Joseph on 'Rot'

About 

Julia is an actor and award winning writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently studying a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) in Sydney, Australia. 

She's always loved the arts, taking drama lessons from age seven, and writing from before she could actually write (she'd dictate her stories to her Mum, prolific short story author Anne Wilkins, who would type them for her). 

Julia was the winner of both Elegant Literature's competition for the Sinister Sanctuaries issue, and the 2022 Barfoot and Thompson Short Story Competition for the High School Category. Her work can be found in Surface: Emerging Voices of Tāmaki Makarau, Elegant Literature issues, the ToiToi Journal, and WriteOn magazine. Julia was nominated for Best Lead Actor at the 2025 Auckland Showdown Awards for her portrayal of Biddy Andreas in Three Birds Alighting on a Field.