Julianne Pachico is a critically acclaimed British-American author, born in Cambridge, England in 1985. She spent her childhood years in Cali, Colombia, where her parents were working as agricultural social scientists in international development. This multicultural upbringing has significantly influenced her writing, which often explores themes of identity, displacement, and the complexities of cross-cultural experiences.
Pachico completed her B.A. in Comparative Literature from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, before returning to England to pursue higher education. She earned her M.A. in Prose Fiction and is currently completing her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. Her time at UEA was made possible by winning the Creative Writing International Scholarship by the university in 2012.
Her literary career took off with the publication of her debut novel, "The Lucky Ones," in 2017. However, she had already gained recognition in the literary world with her short stories. One of her short stories made the long list for the Sunday Times Prize, and she is the only writer to have two stories in the 2015 anthology of the Best British Short Stories. Her short fiction has been published in prestigious outlets such as The New Yorker, Lighthouse, The White Review, Granta, and BBC Radio 4. Pachico has also shared her expertise by teaching Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University and UEA, where she also presented at a Prose Fiction workshop. She holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K.