A writer since elementary school, award-winning author Julie Holmes has had short stories published in The Galactic Citizen and Fighting Chance. After graduating from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at Thief River Falls Technical College, she worked for a commuter airline at Detroit’s DTW Airport and the MSP International Airport. Beyond aviation, she spent 16 years as an IT professional, and now works as a technical writer for a software company. Holmes is a member of MWA, Sisters in Crime (SinC), and the local Twin Cities SinC chapter. An empty nester, she lives on a small hobby farm in south central Minnesota with her husband.