About Julie
Julie Compton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the setting for her first novel, TELL NO LIES. She spent the first 33 years of her life there but has since lived in the suburbs of Boston, Philadelphia, and now Orlando, Florida. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, with degrees in law and English literature. After practicing with private firms early in her legal career, she most recently worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Wilmington, Delaware, where she worked on some of the largest corporate bankruptcies in the nation.
Now at work on her second novel for Macmillan, Julie also writes short stories, poems, essays and blogs, and she is a columnist to Lake Mary Life Magazine. Although her legal background influenced her decision to portray the characters in TELL NO LIES as lawyers, the heart of much of what she writes—including this novel—involves the everyday domestic dramas and relationships between people.
Though a lawyer by profession, Julie is currently a stay-at-home mom in Longwood, Florida, where she lives with her husband Rick, two daughters and a myriad of pets. In addition to writing, she enjoys reading, running, music, and spending time at the beach. She volunteers her time both at her daughters' schools and as a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children.
TELL NO LIES is Julie's first published novel.
Julie invites you to email her about the book, this website, or whatever else is on your mind. To see what's on her mind, check out the Notepad.
Though a lawyer by profession, Julie is currently a stay-at-home mom in Longwood, Florida, where she lives with her husband Rick, daughters Jessie and Sally and a myriad of pets.