Julia Naus can’t go five minutes in a crowd without making a new friend. After spending her teenage years as the odd one out, she endeavors to give everyone a place to belong. She writes fantasy stories that give readers the courage to find their place in the world—stories of found family that make fictional worlds feel like home. On a regular day she can be found drinking her fourth cup of coffee, wrangling her four siblings, and obsessively training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.