JULIA MCDOWELL is a senior editor at Doubleday Canada. She acquires non-fiction, with a focus on prescriptive and practical books, and select fiction. She publishes a wide range of titles, from self-help, to popular science, to humour, to narrative, to investigative journalism, to commercial and gift books. Julia’s educational background is in psychology and she is drawn to ideas that integrate psychology with other subjects. In fiction, Julia looks for commercial to upmarket and appreciates distinct voice and humour. She is always looking to publish subject-matter experts from underrepresented groups to deepen discourse and broaden the available perspectives in established categories.