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. The realms series has grown to 4 books in total. It is extremely popular, read her reviews on her website and enjoy her books. Julie also writes under a non-de-plume and has started an adult series. Julie's latest release is the Fairy Tale Series for children.. Julie lives with her two daughters and her dogs, Mr Arthur and Miss Fable, English mastiffs. Julie was Chair of the New Zealand Society of Authors for Canterbury in 2012.