Julie S. Paschold (Tansy Julie the Soaring Eagle) is a poet and artist from Nebraska. They have their BS and MS in agronomy from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. They have published three poetry books. Horizons (Atmosphere Press) honors soil through family, identity, and nature, and won a Nebraska Book Award in 2024. Their chapbook You Have Always Been Here (Bass Clef Books) is an unconventional love story. Human Nature (WSC Press) explores humanity's ecological and environmental connection to nature and the planet earth. Their poem “Multitudes of Blue Arrows” was a semi-finalist in the first Kate Sommers Memorial Prize in 2023, and two of their chapbooks won honorable mention in contests by Writer's Digest in 2021 and 2022. They volunteer as a human book with the international Human Library Organization. Julie has over 70 poems published in literary and other publications. Read their author webpage on https://jpaschold.blogspot.com/ . "The day I was made, the machine that spit out models of humans was broken. So heaven had the angels sculpting us free-form. The angel that made me was brand new, and I was his first try. I was full of flaws....almost made it to the scrap pile. But the angel was so proud of his work (his first human!) and took me to God to show me off. God took one look at me, sighed, shrugged his shoulders, and said, 'Send them down....let's see what happens'. And here I am."

Julie is self-described as an anxious alcoholic bipolar queer poet and artist with C-PTSD, sensory sensitivity, synesthesia, and borderline lupus who likes critters, plants, and soil. They are a twin and a parent. Former Nebraska Poet Laureate William Kloefkorn was one of their mentors. They have two degrees in soil science. Julie has tried their hand at seed sales specialist, pizza maker, telephone operator, soil science technician, homeless shelter overnighter, ruminant nutrition researcher, water quality advocate, statewide art coordinator, town development assistant, composting supporter, 911 operator, and agronomist.