Julian Guthrie

Julian Guthrie is an American former journalist and nonfiction author based in San Francisco, USA. In 2020, Julian founded a tech startup called Alphy to use AI to improve human communication.

Career Guthrie started her journalism career at the San Francisco Examiner, and after its merger, continued at the San Francisco Chronicle. She published her first book, The Grace of Everyday Saints, in 2011, about a church's closure order. It was based on work she had done as metro reporter covering the church's drama in 2005. before becoming How to Make a Spaceship. In 2016, her third book, How to Make a Spaceship, was published. This book enticed several offers to acquire the film rights. The Billionaire and the MechanicCovers the origins of Team Oracle USA, with founder Larry Ellison, and its quest to win the America's Cup, and through its second edition, the second win of the America's Cup. How to Make a SpaceshipCovers the origin of the X Prize, its funding woes, the teams that entered the competition, major figures related to the contest, the winning team with SpaceShipOne, and the follow-up of Virgin Galactic scooping up the winning tech. Gregg Easterbrook's review in The Wall Street Journal said of the book that "'How to Make a Spaceship' offers a rousing anthem to the urge to explore." Alpha GirlsCovers the unsung women heroes of Silicon Valley and the computer industry.

Awards and honors New York Times – Sports Literature – Best Sellers – July 2014 – for 2014 book "The Billionaire and the Mechanic" (announced July 2014) New York Times – Science Literature – Best Sellers – November 2016 – for 2016 book "How to Make a Spaceship" (announced November 2016) Finalist — 2017 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award — for 2016 book "How to Make a Spaceship" (announced January 2017) Winner — 2016 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award — for 2016 book "How to Make a Spaceship" (announced September 2017)