Julie Mars is the author of two previous novels (The Secret Keepers in 2000 and Anybody, Any Minute in 2008) and a memoir (A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Siste...view moreJulie Mars is the author of two previous novels (The Secret Keepers in 2000 and Anybody, Any Minute in 2008) and a memoir (A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Sister in 2005), which was a finalist for the Independent Press Memoir of the Year and made the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers"" list. She is the recipient of many awards, including grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and the Cone fellowship. She lives in New Mexico.""view less