Julia Cecilia Stretton (25 November 1812 – 17 July 1878) was an English novelist.

In 1839, they changed their names to Walter and Julia de Winton.

[1][2] Her first publication was a children's book called The Lonely Island In 1852.

She went on to publish a number of novels, including Margaret and Her Bridesmaids (1856) and The Valley of a Hundred Fires (1860).

[1][2] She also contributed two stories to Somebody's Luggage (1862), a Christmas issue of Charles Dickens' periodical All the Year Round.