Julie Nischan lives in Kansas and dreamed of being a famous writer at an early age. Her first book, Misspent-My life in Retail was published January 2021. Her second book is a cookbook, a collection of her favorite and most requested recipes. The Substitute Cook was published May 2021. I Belong to the Country is her third book, all self-published with tech support from her husband and cover designs by a graphic designer friend. The title story, I Belong to the Country won third place in the Kansas Authors Club writing contest 2020. The story The Definitive Explanation of Two-Man Baseball was first published in the inaugural issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, Beginnings. She is an active member of Kansas Writers Inc.