Julia Mallory is a creative working in a range of medium from text to textiles. She is a six-time author, including two children’s books. Her latest book Survivor's Guilt, is an archive of survivorship that chronicles generational grief through photographs, poetry, and prose. In addition, she is the founder of the creative literary arts brand, Black Mermaids, serves as the Senior Poetry Editor for Raising Mothers, and hosts the Stop Shrinking Socialcast. The Stop Shrinking Socialcast was inspired by the HBO series, Lovecraft Country (Season 1, Episode 7). 

As a sought out speaker, panelist, and facilitator her work has been featured in various community settings, classrooms, colleges, and conferences. In 2020, she developed and facilitated nearly 40 workshops. Her poetry, fiction, and photographs can be found in The Offing, Madame Noire, Barrelhouse, Second Skin Magazine, BLK Voices Magazine, the Black Speculative Arts Movement exhibition "Curating the End of the World: RED SPRING”, and elsewhere. 

She has a Bachelor of Science from Elizabethtown College and completed her graduate studies at Eastern University. She is the mother of three children and lives in Southcentral Pennsylvania.

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