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. She found her niche writing for teen girls because apparently, she is still actually a 15 year old girl inside. Except then her daughter went to school and she realized writing was making her crazy, so she went back to practicing law. Which also makes her crazy. But now the crazies balance each other out & she is very happy. If the teen paranormal craze ever wanes & publishers start buying fluffy, fun contemporaries again, she will be very, very happy.

She lives in the South with her husband, daughter, 3 cats, 2 Border collies, 1 Blue Heeler, 1 Chihuahua, 1 rabbit, 2 parakeets, a handful of roosters, a handful of button quail, and many, many, MANY chickens. Julie would like to note that only the cats and Chihuahua were her idea. Julie would also like to note that this is her author website & is in no way related to her legal career. (In other words, if any potential or current legal clients happen to be reading this, she promises she does not always speak like a 15 year old girl & does, in fact, know several big fancy legal words & about laws & stuff.) To learn about this fancy legal stuff, please visit Keechlawfirm , except a certain someone (Kevin) does not love her and has STILL not put her info on the website, probably because he’s worried her sheer awesomeness will cause the server to explode.

Julie is represented by the fabulous Michael Bourret of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.