About
Julie Liddell Whitehead lives and writes from Mississippi. Her debut fiction collection, HURRICANE BABY: STORIES, is forthcoming from Madville Publishing in August 2024. She writes on topics concerning mental health, mental health education, and mental health advocacy. Julie was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder in her mid-thirties in 2006. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication, with a journalism emphasis, and a master’s degree in English, both from Mississippi State University. In August 2021, she completed her MFA in creative nonfiction from Mississippi University for Women.
Featured Work
Hurricane Baby: Stories
Hurricane Baby: Stories studies the lives of Hurricane Katrina survivors through a trauma-focused lens. In 2005, Wendy Magnum of Hattiesburg, Mississippi suffers remorse after having an intimate encounter with Judd McKay, a friend Ray trusted with his family during the storm. Tommy Hebert turns to alcohol to handle what he saw in search-and-rescue in Metairie, Louisiana. Mike Seabrook's relationships with his God and his wife, Dinah, are tested after he loses a patient in his emergency room in Slidell, Louisiana. Lori King goes into premature labor as a result of the storm, and her husband, James, discovers that his best friend died trying to protect the Kings' home in Kenner, Louisiana from looters.
