JULIE KLASSEN loves all things Jane—Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time. Two of her books, The Silent Governess (2010) and The Girl in the Gatehouse (2011), won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Girl in the Gatehouse also won the Midwest Book Award for Genre Fiction. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.

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