When Julie was little she had two dreams: to become a librarian and to own a pink canopy bed like the one in the JC Penney catalog. Apparently getting her "L" words confused, Julie became a lawyer instead of a librarian, at which time she promptly forgot all about the pink canopy bed and start lusting after a Coach briefcase. She started writing when her daughter was a toddler, thinking it would be a good way to stave off stay-at-home mom craziness. Her daughter is in school now, but being a lawyer isn't nearly as exciting as it looks on T.V., so she's sticking with the writing thing. She lives in the South with her husband, daughter, four cats, two Border collies, one English boxer, one rabbit, two hermit crabs, two hamsters, a handful of roosters, and many, many, MANY chickens. Julie would like to note that only the cats were her idea.