Julie DickersonJulie Dickerson, a retired Elementary school teacher who spent 18 years teaching, has always had a passion for reading to children. She studied teaching literature abroad, too, as part of her education. She grew up in rural Flushing, Michigan. Her paents imbued in her a love of nature and literature. After retiring Julie pursued her hobby of writing and published a book about her grandfather, Beyond My Dreams, and joined the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. She was recently published in their UP Reader, 7th Edition. She also enjoys attending writing workshops such as Walloon Lake Writer's Retreat and local writing groups.Reading aloud to her children, Elyse and Jonathan, was always rewarding and now she is joyfully carrying on that tradition with her grandchildren. Becoming a children's book author is a dream she has always had, as well as sharing the beauty of the Great Lakes.Julie spent decades enjoying the lakes of Michigan and sharing times there with family and currently lives in Manistique and in Jackson, Michigan on an 18 acre hobby farm. She also enjoys studying genealogy, gardening, reading, hiking, biking and canoeing, and spending time with family and friends in the splendor of the Great Lakes Region. Read More Read Less