Julie was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she is now residing again after living on the rugged West Coast of the South Island for nine years. She has worked and served overseas with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including a three-year posting to Bangkok, Thailand. After completing a Diploma for Professional Writer of Children’s Stories, she wrote her popular first fantasy novel for children, Abby and the Hopplescotch Realm. This was written as the first in her series of stories about the adventures of a group of children and other characters in different realms. Julie’s series has grown to 4 books in total now with the 5th being penned, it is extremely popular, read her reviews on her website and enjoy her books. Julie lives with her two daughters and her dogs, Bailey and Arthur. Julie was Chairperson of the New Zealand Society of Authors for Canterbury in 2012.