Julie Cassidy writes contemporary romance about characters navigating career pressure and complicated public lives—and finding love that’s worth the risk. After stints as a journalist and social media manager, she now works in public relations while writing romance novels.

When she’s not writing, she can probably be found doing a crossword puzzle or indulging her love of reality TV with a Real Housewives franchise or Vanderpump Rules. Originally from Pittsburgh, she now lives near Chicago.