Julia Amante

Julia Amante is a Women's Fiction author of multiple novels, the latest being Let Us Begin and Christmas Without You which was a 2024 Book Life Prize semi-finalist in romance fiction. Julia Amante writes emotionally rich stories about family, love, and the passion of chasing and achieving one’s goals. In 2022, Julia won the Book Buyers Best 1st place award for Mainstream Fiction for her novel, This is Now.

Julia is a frequent speaker at writer’s conferences and non-profit organizations, including Southern California Writer’s Conference, Romance Writers of America, Inlandia Institute, and California State University’s Latina Rising Conference. 

Julia is also highly involved in giving back to her community. She is most proud of being nominated for the Dream Lifter Award – The Dream Girl Foundation – in 2018. And most recently in 2024, she was presented the Hispanic Lifestyle 2024 “Latina of Influence” Award.

In 2020, Julia started Wise Writer Publishing, an author services company that support writers and helps them build their writing careers.