The pipeline from fan fiction to published author is an increasingly common one (see: E.L James, Sally Thorne, Christina Lauren, Ali Hazelwood, etc.) — and Julie Soto is the latest to join that bunch.

Known as lovesbitca8 on fanfic platform Ao3 with over a million reads for her story The Auction, Soto has amassed quite the following writing fanfic, particularly Harry Potter (Draco and Hermione to be specific) stories.