When a professor, impressed by her high quality essays, suggested her to write, she decided t give it a try.

She also studied nursing and did a double major in nursing and history. Sister Elizabeth had a huge influence on the life of Julie Garwood and had named her daughter Elizabeth because of her closeness to Julie while trying to teach her to read.Īfter her schooling, Julie chose the subject of Russian history at the graduation level and began getting intrigued by the historical events. Julie was also taught to understand and enjoy the stories that she used to read. She hired a math teacher named Sister Elizabeth, who taught her how to read during the whole summer of that year. Her mother realized that she was not able to read because of missing much of her schooling, but she had reached the age of 11 by then. Julie had to miss the initial phase of her education due to an infection and by the time she started going to school at the age of 6, she was not able to read like the other children of her age. She belongs to an Irish family and has 6 more siblings, 5 of whom are her sisters. Julie was born in the year 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States and since then, she has lived there all her life. The books written by her have gone on to sell more than 35 million copies all over the world and have frequently featured in the New York Times bestselling list.

She has written more than 27 romance novels in the suspense and historical sub-genres. Julie Garwood is a well known American author who likes to her novels based on the Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance, and Historical Fiction genres.

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