Julie Wheelwright

Julie Wheelwright (born 1960) is a British journalist, writer and film-maker, who lectures at City, University of London. Although raised in British Columbia, Canada, she was born in England and returned there in 1984 to complete a master's degree at the University of Sussex. Wheelwright worked as a journalist for national newspapers like The Guardian and The Observer and regularly wrote for Scotland on Sunday and BBC History. She published her first book in 1989 about women who cross-dressed to participate in war. Amazons and Military Maids: Women Who Cross-Dressed in the Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness was chosen as one of The Times Literary Editor's Selections in February 1989. She has also published a biography and a film script exposing that although Mata Hari was convicted of espionage, she was not engaged in spying. Other works include a book and a film about her ancestor, Esther Wheelwright, and articles and a film about infanticide. Her latest book, Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium, expanded on her first book and was shortlisted for the British Army Military Book of the Year in 2021. Since 2002, she has lectured at City, University of London. After earning her PhD in 2014, she became the director of the Centre for Culture and the Creative Industries at the university.