Julie Weston grew up in Idaho and practiced law for many years in Seattle, Washington. Her book, The Good Times Are All Gone Now: Life, Death and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009) won Honorable Mention in the 2009 Idaho Book of the Year Award. She appeared on a C-Span2/Book TV interview in December, 2013. Both an essay and a short story were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is the author of the Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mysteries: Moonshadows, a Finalist in the Mary Sarton Literary Awards; Basque Moon, winner of the 2017 WILLA Award in Historical Fiction; Moonscape, Bronze winner of the INDIE Foreword Awards; Miners' Moon, Bronze winner in the Will Rogers Medallion Awards for Mystery; and Moon Bones, published by Encircle Publications in October, 2022. She and her husband, Gerry Morrison, now live in south-central Idaho where they ski, write, photograph, and enjoy the outdoors. You can learn more by visiting www.julieweston.com.
