Julianne Negri's debut children’s novel, The Secret Library of Hummingbird House, was published by Affirm Press in 2020. In 2018 she was the recipient of the Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writer’s Mentorship Award. In 2014 she was runners up in the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Short Story Award and in 2015 was Highly Commended in the Southern Cross Short Story Award. Julianne has years of experience working in children and youth programming for libraries and has been variously a musician, eco-crafter, film maker, television host and has five children. She isrepresented by Jacinta Di Mase Literary Agency.

Julianne Negri is a writer living and working on Wurundjeri land and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded.