{"id":53,"date":"2015-06-02T09:42:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T08:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katehordern.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/julie-houston\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T17:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:12:04","slug":"julie-houston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/julie-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Julie Houston<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agent: Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Julie Houston is the author of seventeen novels set in and around fictional West Yorkshire villages.  GOODNESS, GRACE AND ME, THE ONE SAVING GRACE, LOOKING FOR LUCY, COMING HOME TO HOLLY CLOSE FARM, A VILLAGE AFFAIR, SING ME A SECRET, A VILLAGE VACANCY, A FAMILY AFFAIR, A VILLAGE SECRET, THE VILLAGE VICAR, THE GIRLS OF HEATHERLY HALL and A WEDDING AT HEATHERLY HALL – as well as a novella, AN OFF-PISTE CHRISTMAS – were set in Westenbury and published by Aria.   A CLASS ACT, the start of a new three-book series set in the village of Beddingfield, was published by Boldwood in July 2024: LESSONS IN LIFE was published in May 2025 and A YORKSHIRE AFFAIR in January 2026.   Her latest, THE WAY WE ARE NOW, is a standalone set in the 1980s miners’ strike and the present. Her novels have been Kindle bestsellers, with A VILLAGE AFFAIR, which featured on the Kindle Top 100 bestseller list for almost a year, being the seventh most-read UK fiction ebook in the year and a Kindle top 5 bestseller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SING ME A SECRET won the RNA’s 2021 Sapere Books Popular Romantic Fiction Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie is Yorkshire born and bred and lives near Huddersfield. She worked as a teacher for many years, still doing supply work.   Additionally she sits as a magistrate in West Yorkshire.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation rights in Julie’s novels have been sold to a number of countries including Denmark, Germany and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 @juliehouston2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for Julie Houston\u2019s novels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A warm, funny story of sisters and the secrets they keep’ Sheila O’Flanagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Warm, funny and well written, with a page-turning plot, this book has everything! I loved it!’ Katie Fforde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWarm and poignant, brimming with heart and humour and filled with characters I was rooting for.  Loved this class act!\u201d    Fiona Gibson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWarm and witty, Julie’s got it in spades”  Tracy Bloom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Agent: Anne Williams<\/p>\n

    Published in April on the Amazon White Glove programme, Julie Houston\u2019s latest novel, LOOKING FOR LUCY, was a #1 Kindle bestseller in Australia, her second, THE ONE SAVING GRACE got to #2, her first, the self-published GOODNESS, GRACE AND ME to #16. A seasonal novella, AN OFF-PISTE CHRISTMAS, featuring Harriet and her Midhope friends who appear in her earlier books, was published in eBook in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJulie Houston - KHLA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Julie is Yorkshire born and worked as a teacher for many years. 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