Wildbound PR is a California based literary publicity company, founded by Julia and Jared Drake that works with authors across the globe to gain exposure for their work via traditional and digital media press campaigns, social media marketing, innovative book tours, author websites and promotional videos. In a time when digital media is changing the face of the publishing industry and the way readers find, process and share stories, we have worked with over a hundred clients––from New York Times bestselling authors to first time self-published authors––to create new and innovative ways to connect them with their target audience across the globe and celebrate great stories and writers and what they do best: venture into the wilds of the mind to bring back stories that move us, shake us, and bring us stories that enrich our lives.
Julia has appeared as a speaker on many literary industry panels, including Independent Writers of Southern California, UCLA, the Women’s National Book Association, Lambda Literary Foundation, Literary Orange, Writers & Publishers of San Diego, the California Writer's Club, and the West Coast Writer's Conference. She's been quoted and written for many publications, including Publishers Weekly, Sellbox.com, the Independent Book Publishers Association Magazine and SEO Nation. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in film from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute.
Jared is a filmmaker and digital media expert. A graduate of UCLA’s School of Film and Television, he received the Alan S. Jacobsen Award, Peter Stark Award, and Rocco Viglietti Award. He directed the award-winning feature film, Visioneers, starring Zach Galifianakis, along with dozens of branded celebrity-driven commercial videos and web series for companies like Mazda, Sprint, Wrigley, Vaseline, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, and others.