Julia Bricklin

Julia Bricklin has been called a "great storyteller" of nonfiction. Her debut book, America's Best Female Sharpshooter: The Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith (University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), was honored by its inclusion in the William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West. Bricklin's Polly Pry: The Woman Who Wrote the West--an eagerly anticipated biography about the first female reporter on the Denver Post--was released by TwoDot in 2018 and was a 2019 Spur...See more

Julia Bricklin has been called a "great storyteller" of nonfiction. Her debut book, America's Best Female Sharpshooter: The Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith (University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), was honored by its inclusion in the William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West. Bricklin's Polly Pry: The Woman Who Wrote the West--an eagerly anticipated biography about the first female reporter on the Denver Post--was released by TwoDot in 2018 and was a 2019 Spur Award Finalist for Best Biography. The Notorious Ned Buntline: A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill was published in 2020 (TwoDot). Bricklin has also written numerous articles for academic journals and magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Civil War Times, Financial History, True West, and California History. Bricklin grew up in southern California, obtained a journalism degree at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and worked in the TV/film industry before obtaining her master's degree in history at Cal State-Northridge. Bricklin writes for the podcasts American History Tellers, Legends of the Wild West, and Infamous America, and is a regular contributor to a history segment on public radio KPCC. She lives in Studio City, California. See less