Julie L. Brown is the author of the historical fiction, Bend, Don't Break, the alternative-history novel, No One Will Save Us (Independent Press Award winner, CIBA Finalist), and the creator, under the pen name J. L. Brown, of the Jade Harrington series, political thrillers which include the novels, Don't Speak, Rule of Law, and The Divide, and the short story, "Few Are Chosen." Julie earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She resides with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where she is working on her next novel.