Writing has long been a passion of Julia Colquitt Allen. She began writing poems and short stories at the age of 7. She lives in picturesque East Texas with her husband of 27 years and four of her children. Her grown son and his wife live nearby and visit often with her two grandbabies. If the kids and grandkids aren't wild enough, they have a household full of cats (7 at last count). Julia's first novel, New Mercies, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.