Julia Drake must not sleep very much. As the co-owner and founder of Wildbound PR and Wildbound Live — the literary publicity and events production businesses she runs out of her home in Alpine Meadows — she somehow manages to fit more into a single day than most of us can imagine. “Every day feels like a marathon,” Drake says. “But it’s usually fun running that marathon. I thrive on filling in every minute with something.”
What she and her husband, Jared Drake, are undertaking is making a world of difference to creative people locally and beyond.
The Drakes are the power duo that represents best-selling authors and major publishers from around the globe, and they’re also behind some of the biggest live and virtual events and film projects in the North Lake Tahoe area. “Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,” the award-winning documentary film that premiered in theaters this fall? That was their doing. The feature film “Weak Layers,” starring comedian and skier Katie Burrell and set at Palisades Tahoe, due out in 2023? Also theirs. The Alpenglow Winter Speaker Series, which brings in high-profile athletes to sold-out crowds both in-person and online? Another Wildbound production.