Julie Parsons was born in New Zealand but grew up in Ireland from an early age.
Her novels are Mary, Mary (London, MacMillan, 1998); Courtship Gift (MacMillan, 1999); Eager to Please (MacMillan, 2001); The Guilty Heart (MacMillan 2003); The Smoking Room (MacMillan, 2004); The Hourglass (MacMillan, 2006).
A former producer with RTÉ radio and television, she lives in Dublin.