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Julie Hyzy
Julie Hyzy's first experience with food included flipping
burgers and chopping onions at a neighborhood hot dog stand.
She traded that experience for a job as a singing waitress
at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour—but gave that up when
she started college (and because she couldn't carry a tune).
Over the years, she's acted in community theater
productions, appeared in television commercials, and crashed
a previously all-male fraternity to become one of the first
female brothers in Loyola University's Chapter of Delta
Sigma Pi. Julie had dreams of becoming a writer, but family,
friends, and frat brothers convinced her otherwise. Having
held positions as junior officer at a downtown bank, office
manager at an architectural firm, and financial advisor at a
prestigious wealth management company, she realizes that the
business degree was probably a good choice—but fiction
is truly her passion. Now, with some well-earned life
experience behind her, she's delighted to finally be able to
make writing a priority in her life.
Coming up in January is a brand-new series. The first book
is titled State of the Onion. It features
White House Chef, Olivia Paras, who feeds the First
Family... and saves the world in her spare time ;-) To
research it, Julie visited the White House, spoke with a
former White House chef, took cooking lessons, and learned
to shoot a variety of firearms. She's currently working on
the second book in the series.
Currently, Julie is the Vice President of the Midwest
Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She's always juggling
several projects at once, but makes it a point to write
every day.
Books:
 Hail to the Chef, December 2008
State of the Onion, January 2008
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