Julia Taylor Ebel

Author of Books and Poetry Celebrating Nature, Heritage and Cultural History

Much of Julia Taylor Ebel's research and inspiration for writing comes from the North Carolina mountains near Boone.

Nature, family, and cultural history provide subjects.

She is the author of Addie Clawson, Appalachian Mail Carrier (winner of the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award), Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots (Parkway Publishers), and Walking Ribbon (Viewpoint Press), a picture book set in Liberty, NC.

Over 35 of her nature poems have been published in children’s magazines, including Cricket, Spider and Pockets.

Julia Taylor Ebel is available for school visits and community programs and makes regular appearances throughout North Carolina.

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