Julie Nye established a life-long interest in dogs, horses, and storytelling before she started kindergarten. After college, she converted her growing dog expertise into volunteer involvement with multiple service dog organizations, eventually becoming a trainer, a board member, and the co-founder of a specialty program for training dogs to work with autistic children. She has been a freelance writer since 1986, with a variety of books through different publishers. Nye makes her home in Michigan with her two German Shepherds: Voelker, a retired service dog, and Ajo, a young upstart with absurd amounts of energy.
