Julie C. Dao is the critically acclaimed author of many books from Disney, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and more. Her novels have earned starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, and won recognition from the Junior Library Guild and the American Library Association.

 

Her "Rise of the Empress" books are being made into a major television series at Amazon MGM Studios.

 

A proud Vietnamese-American who was born in upstate New York, she now lives in New England.

 

Pronunciation: JOOL-lee DOW 
Pronouns: She/Her