Julie Owen Moylan was born in Cardiff and has worked in a variety
of jobs from trainee hairdresser and chip shop attendant at sixteen
to business management consultant and college lecturer in her
thirties.
She then returned to education to complete her Master's degree in
Film before going on to complete a further Master's degree in
Creative Writing. Julie is an alumna of the Faber Academy's Writing
a Novel course. She lives in Cardiff with her husband and two
cats.
Julie can be found on Twitter- @JulieOwenMoylan
Loved this . . . I was gripped from the first page and eked out the
last chapters as I didn't want to leave the smoky clubs of 1950's
Manhattan. A stellar line-up of brave, complicated and bright women
. . . prepare to lose yourself in a tale of love, loss and
deceit
*Sara Cox, Radio 2 DJ and host of BBC 2’s Between the Covers*
Summer sparkles in this book and so does the prose!
*Damian Barr*
A gorgeous, evocative novel that's part love story, part coming of
age and part mystery. But all parts are superlative!
*Red Online*
I so enjoyed That Green Eyed Girl. The atmosphere of city heat and
dust and stifling apartments was so vividly evoked. And I was
equally invested in both narrative strands . . . I was hooked from
the beginning
*Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures*
It's beautifully written and particularly wonderful on forbidden
love, loss and forgiveness
*Daily Mail*
I loved this. Dovie and Ava are both such compelling characters and
the evocation of time and place so strong - I was irresistibly
drawn into their stories. Sad, rage-inducing and uplifting - a very
emotional read
*Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange*
Julie Owen Moylan expertly places her readers in a New York
apartment, where you feel the heat and hear the tinny radio . . .
There's a cinematic quality to this novel; the characters are
deftly drawn and emotionally engaging, and the plot develops at the
right pace, with unexpected twists. An accomplished debut
*Woman & Home, BOOK OF THE MONTH*
That Green Eyed Girl takes hold of you and draws you along. I loved
the little connective details between the timelines and the
unravelling of the gentle mystery of it all. Hits a perfect
bittersweet note - I predict big things
*Kate Sawyer, author of The Stranding*
With an intriguing opening line and a camera-like gaze, the author
places her readers in a New York apartment, where you feel the heat
and hear the tinny radio . . . The characters are deftly drawn and
emotionally engaging, and the plot develops at just the right pace,
with unexpected twists. An accomplished debut
*Woman's Weekly*
The mystery at the heart of this novel had me hooked from the
start. I spent a weekend sitting in 1950s bars, listening to jazz
with Gillian and Dovie, then skipping ahead twenty years to walk
the same streets with Ava, remembering the awkwardness of being a
teenager. Heartbreaking but with a satisfying ending, I will
remember this book for a long time
*Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City*
Old school New York, cocktails and jazz bars and pulsing heat. A
story of love and loneliness, it's heart-breaking and complex and
oh so real. I loved it
*Laura Shepherd-Robinson, author of Blood and Sugar*
Made me cry, took me to smoke-filled jazz bars, and made me want to
dance. A brilliantly written, evocative and moving novel
*Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl*
Not only assured, pacy and involving, but both heartbreaking and
heartmending
*Hope Adams, author of Dangerous Women*
I've spent the whole day reading this mesmerising book. Such a
devastating, gripping story and stunning, powerful writing. Once I
started I just could not stop
*Aliya Ali-Afzal, author of Would I Lie to You*
This book ... wow. So beautifully written, you feel you're there in
New York, feeling everything the characters feel. A very original
story that will stay with me for a long time
*Frances Quinn, author of The Smallest Man*
A gripping tale of jealousy, loyalty and the lengths people will go
to in order to protect those they love
*My Weekly*
With an intriguing opening line and a camera-like gaze, Julie Owen
Moylan places her readers in a New York apartment, where you feel
the heat and hear the tinny radio . . . There's a sensory filmic
quality to this novel - the characters are deftly drawn and the
plot develops at just the right pace. A very accomplished debut
*Woman*
I've just spent a couple of days in mid-century Manhattan, dancing
in underground jazz clubs and feeling the sweat of summer on my
skin . . . A smoky page-turner
*Jodie Chapman, author of Another Life*
Wonderful . . . utterly transported me to the jazz bars and stuffy
apartments of New York, while telling a moving and compelling story
about a time in history I knew little about
*Neema Shah, author of Kololo Hill*
The pacing is perfect, the voice is striking. Highly recommend.
*Nikki May, author of Wahala*
A poignant coming of age and a gorgeously romantic and tragic queer
love story
*Isabel Costello, author of Paris Mon Amour*
I so enjoyed [That Green Eyed Girl]. I loved the evocation of NYC,
the jazz, and the two storylines . . . so compelling
*Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom Spring*
A cracking read. Compelling and stylish. I'll be thinking about
Ava, Dovie and Gillian for a long time
*Claire Alexander, author of Meredith, Alone*
Heartbreaking, multi-layered and thoughtfully written, this is a
book that stays with you for all the right reasons
*Culturefly, 'Books To Look Forward To'*
From the killer first sentence until the final page, I was totally
gripped by That Green Eyed Girl. Told across two timelines twenty
years apart, it's deeply immersive, hugely addictive and, like the
girl in the song, it will haunt me
*Paul Burston, author of The Closer I Get*
How the three women are connected is tantalisingly revealed in this
evocative tale
*Good Housekeeping*
Incredibly elegant and sophisticated prose
*New Welsh Review*
Set in the smoky jazz bars of 1950s New York, this debut novel by
Julie Owen Moylan brings to life an array of powerful, bold and
complicated women - all of whom have their own stories and secrets.
The mystery at hand is soft and gently unfolds to climax into a
satisfying but heartbreaking ending
*Evening Standard, Best Thrillers Books to read in 2022*
Julie Owen Moylan's astonishingly accomplished debut is both a
deftly constructed thriller and a bittersweet love story - expect
to hear a lot about it this summer
*Waitrose Weekend*
Evocative, thought-provoking and incredibly moving
*My Weekly*
Read this if you want to be transported to NYC to feel the sizzle
of summer and experience the smoky, sultry glow of 1950s jazz
clubs
*InsideKent*
Moving. A sensitive, endearing story
*Sunday Mail*
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