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Julie Cantrell is a multiple award-winning, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author, editor, story coach, TEDx speaker, and ghostwriter. She served as editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and has received the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Rivendell Writer’s Colony Mary Elizabeth Nelson Fellowship, and the Pat Conroy Writer’s Residency Fellowship.

Her novels have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and have been featured in Top Reads lists by LitHub, Redbook, Southern Living Magazine, REAL SIMPLE, BookBub, HuffPost, USA TODAY, and more.

As a novelist, she’s received two Christy Awards, two Carol Awards, and the Mississippi Library Association Fiction Award. She was ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 15,880 ratings · 2,274 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Into the Free 3.94 avg rating — 6,976 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perennials 3.87 avg rating — 4,221 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Feathered Bone 3.98 avg rating — 2,050 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Mountains Move 4.17 avg rating — 1,849 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's a Wonderful Christmas: Classics Reimagined by Julie Cantrell (Goodreads Author), Lynne Gentry (Goodreads Author), Allison Pittman (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Saves Duck 4.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Free Extended Preview: First 13 Chapters Free! 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fun, Old-Fashioned Family Christmas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Is with Me through the Day 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Mountains Move Extended Preview: First 12 Chapters Free! 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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NEW RELEASE COMING SOON!

I can't believe we're just TWO WEEKS from releasing our upcoming holiday novella collection, IT'S A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!

Thank you for adding this new title to your shelf.

We hope these stories deliver heartwarming smiles and lots of cheer to you this holiday season.

Book hits shelves OCTOBER 12.

Happy Reading!
Julie

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Published on September 27, 2021 10:47 • Tags: book-launch, christmas, heartwarming-reads, holiday-reads, holidays, new-release, novella, novella-collection

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“Maybe God doesn't care if we get all dressed up and sit in the pew every Sunday, as Diana believes. Instead, maybe God comes to us through men like Sloth, watching over us as we make our own decisions. Maybe God has always been with me. Opening doors, leading me to opportunities, letting me choose my own path, and loving me even when I chose the wrong one. Never giving up on me. Knowing all along that I am on a journey. That I must find my own way to Him. Maybe River was rights. Maybe God does still believe in me.”
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“I do two things," she told me. "I remind myself that it's not all about me. And I focus on the good. There's always a way to find some good.”
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“Any fool can choose the boy who sends her heart into a flurry. But there’s a big deep divide between desire and devotion. You better not choose the boy who makes you dizzy. No, ma’am. You have to choose the one who is steady. Stable. Safe. Choose the one who loves you, through and through, for who you really are. The one who wouldn’t change a single thing about you, even if he could.”
― Julie Cantrell, Into the Free

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What is your choice for February, 2013 Book of the Month? Top two vote getters are the winners!

The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

8 votes, 33.3%

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

7 votes, 29.2%

Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1) by Jefferson Bass

Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass

3 votes, 12.5%

The Orchid Houseby Lucinda Riley

2 votes, 8.3%

Into the Free: A Novelby Julie Cantrell

2 votes, 8.3%

A Good Americanby Alex George

1 vote, 4.2%

The Last Runawayby Tracy Chevalier

1 vote, 4.2%

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Oprah's Book Club 2.0) by Ayana Mathis

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

0 votes, 0.0%

The Ten-Year Napby Meg Wolitzer

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