Julia Johnson’s stories frequently focus on the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula. She is keen to preserve and continue the oral tradition of storytelling, and to encourage an awareness of the rich and colourful heritage of the Gulf through her writing by weaving together fact with fiction in stories and rhymes which are easily accessible to young people.

She won the “Best International Children’s Book” award for “The Turtle Secret” at the Sharjah Book Fair in 2014 and received a Kirkus Star review for “The Leopard Boy”.