About

About J.A. Whitlock

June Arden Whitlock is an emerging author of historical and mythic fiction whose work examines legacy, rebellion, and the fragile boundary between history and legend. Their writing is grounded in historical research yet shaped by the mythic undertones that linger in every culture’s collective memory.

Based in North Carolina, Whitlock is completing a B.A. in English and Creative Writing and plans to pursue a career in editing. Their academic background in literary history, mythology, and narrative structure informs both their worldbuilding and character-driven storytelling.

Whitlock’s current projects: The Raven’s War, The Plague of Crowns, Scylla, and No Grave but the Sea, span eras and mythologies, but all share core fascinations: generational inheritance, political fracture, quiet acts of resistance, and the enduring influence of belief systems, both sacred and secular.

They write toward the places where history falters, myth intrudes, and characters must choose what they stand for when everything they know begins to shift.

Why I write

I write because it helps me understand the world, its histories, its wounds, and the quiet truths that sit beneath both. Writing allows me to explore the questions that don’t have easy answers, to study the forces that shape people, and to translate those discoveries into story. It’s how I learn, how I process, and ultimately, how I heal.