Julie A. D’Arcy grew up reading the likes of Lord of the Rings, Once and Future King, and every fairy-tale she could get her hands on. Later on falling in love with the works of David Gemmell, Terry Brooks, and Johanna Lindsey. As a child, she spent hours drawing and writing stories to accompany the pictures she drew. Graduating to writing short stories and poems as a teenager, often being asked to include poems in the school magazine. With her love of both the Fantasy and the Romance genres, her love of books prompted her to try her hand at writing her own novel.

Her first book, Time of the Wolf, was published in 1999 and went on to win the 1999 Dorothy Parker RIO Award for Women’s fantasy fiction. She was also runner up in the Australian RWA Ruby Award, the U.S.A, PEARL AWARD, and the SAPPHIRE AWARD. She lives in rural Victoria, Australia with her two spoiled Oriental cats, Alara and Tekeela while running a small Airbnb. She has a love of travel, and has visited the UK, Asia, and many European countries and hopes to one day visit the U.S. Julie has two lovely daughters and two adorable grandchildren.