Simpson presents facts with a theatrical flair and fanciful illustrations rendered beautifully in a style combining elements of medieval art and contemporary form and color. Juwairiah Simpson’s story of the conquest of Visigoth-ruled Spain by the followers of Islam is at once an engaging historical account, and a rip-roaring adventure tale, sure to appeal to young readers. Julia's literary works include The Red Sea Bride (aka Sylvia Fowler)and Burning Boats: The Birth of Muslim Spain. She has won a few literary awards, including first place for children's fiction in the Seven Hills Writers’ Contest of the Tallahassee Writers’ Association. Her stories “The Outing” and “Up in Smoke” were broadcast over the BBC World Service and can be found in Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia, on Amazon and Nook. She wrote for the Saudi Gazette, Arab News, and Riyadh Daily newspapers as well as the English Service of the Saudi Broadcasting System. There the sea was as warm as the water in a bathtub and the fish could fly. Born and raised in California, Julia Simpson-Urrutia studied French in Switzerland and later, at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in California, where she met her future husband, a young Saudi.Īfter earning a Master’s degree at SDSU and studies in Arabic and Spanish, she accompanied her husband to Jeddah, a 5,000 year old city by the Red Sea.
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