Julie Harris is the Australian author of Anna's Gold, The Site, No Exit, The Diamond Factory, Beyond Laughter, An Absence of Angels, and many more. She has been published in Australia, USA, UK, Germany and France. Her writing, which crosses most genres, has been compared to Harper Lee and Jack London. Of one of her books, The Longest Winter, best selling author Bryce Courtenay has declared, "I'd give five years of my life to write a book like that". Julie lives with her husband in a small country town on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. via goodreads