Julie Phillips is a writer who writes about books, film, and culture. In early adulthood she became interested in feminism. Her articles have appeared in Newsday

Newsday

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, Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle (magazine)

Mademoiselle was an influential women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street and Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications....

, The Village Voice

The Village Voice

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, and elsewhere. Her biography of James Tiptree, Jr., titled James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, won the National Book Critics Circle Award

National Book Critics Circle Award

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, the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and the 2007 Washington State Book Award

Washington State Book Award

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 for History/Biography.

She currently lives with her husband and two children in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, where she is a book critic for the daily newspaper Trouw

Trouw

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