JULIE COHEN grew up in Maine and studied English at Brown University and Cambridge. She moved to the UK to research fairies in Victorian literature at the University of Reading and this was followed by a career teaching English at secondary level. She now writes full time and is a popular speaker and teacher of creative writing. She lives in Berkshire with her husband and their son and about a million guitars. Her website is www.julie-cohen.com and her latest book is Dear Thing.