Julia McDermott grew up in Atlanta, graduated a year early from high school, and juggled two jobs waiting tables while earning degrees in Economics and French at the University of North Carolina. After spending ten months in the south of France, she moved to Texas, worked in finance and technology, and married her college sweetheart. While raising their four children—including a set of twins—she began her writing career.

Julia now lives in Florida, where she is a ballroom dancer and a regular contributor to her local newspaper with articles about writing and culture. She is fascinated by the intricacies of the human mind, and when not writing or reading, she loves walking on the beach, traveling in France with her husband, and binge watching French and British murder mystery series.