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Julia Bricklin is the award-winning biographer several important figures in United States history, including female sharpshooter Lillian Frances Smith (University of Oklahoma Press: April 2017) trailblazing reporter Nell Campbell, aka "Polly Pry" (TwoDot Books: September 2018) and Ned Buntline, creator of the celebrity of Buffalo Bill Cody. Bricklin occasionally writes true crime, notably BLONDE RATTLESNAKE, the story of Los Angeles's most notorious figures in Prohibition-era Los Angeles. She is a frequent contributor well-respected commercial and academic journals and digital publications such as the Saturday Evening Post, Zócalo Public Square, Smithsonian.com, Civil War Times, Financial History, and California History.

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