Dr. Julia Gousseva started teaching college-level writing courses in 1993, as a graduate student at the University of Arizona. 

Her work has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles, Highlights for Children, and The Sun Magazine.  A few years ago, she enjoyed a year-long assignment with the Tucson Citizen writing My Tucson column. 

Creative writing is Julia’s passion, and you can often find her at work on a new project. Julia is the author of Adventures of Alex and Katie children’s books, Anya’s Story historical fiction series, three mystery novels, and a book of short stories. 

Julia's current project is a historical fiction novel about Stalin’s destruction of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral in 1931.

Since earning her PhD in 2001, she has been a full-time writing instructor at a community college in Arizona. Her favorite classes to teach are short story writing and creative nonfiction.