In the Lot - Adult  

After experiencing several hardships, Julie felt she wanted to put together a story to hopefully inspire others. She co-authored her debut novel Love, Lies and Fight with Author Terri D. Work is underway on a non-fiction follow up called Recharge and Live Large which will include tips for dealing with trauma along with everyday life. Julie resides in State College and works as a project manager and volunteers as a counselor advocate. 

Hilary Hauck has earned high praise for her stories set in past or possible worlds. The Midwest Book Review called her award-nominated debut novel, From Ashes to Song, “inherently entertaining” and “an extraordinary novel”, while the Historical Novel Society dubbed it “Highly recommended”. Hilary’s titles also include The Wrong Kind of Magic for young readers and the young at heart, and The Things We’ll Never Have, slated for release in 2023.

Her short stories and poems have appeared in the Mindful Writers Retreat Series anthologies, Like Sunshine After Rain, and The Ekphrastic Review. She has been featured in Authority Magazine, the Historical Novels Review, and The Writing Cooperative. She is the Chair of the Festival of Books and a regular conference presenter.

Fluent in Italian, Hilary studied translation at City University, London, and holds the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. She is also a graduate and faculty member of the Penn State Extension Rural-Urban Leadership Program, RULE.

Raised in the UK, Hilary later moved to Italy where she mastered the language, learned how to cook food she can no longer eat, and won a national karate championship. After meeting her husband, she settled in the US, where she has studied the craft of writing, the art of leadership, and at last come to grips with her imposter syndrome.

Hilary and her husband live on a small patch of woods in rural Pennsylvania. They have three adult children, three grandorables, and a cat with a penchant for laundry. Find out more at hilaryhauck.com. 

Nannette L. Farrell worked as a teacher and administrator in Massachusetts public schools for 14 years. She taught composition and literature for six years at Penn State, Juniata College, and American University. After earning a BA in English from Penn State, she earned an MA in Literature from American University in Washington, DC. She lives and works in Central Pennsylvania.