Young, J: Rules for Mothers

Julie Swendsen Young grew up picking wildflowers and herding cows on the North Dakota prairie. After college she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she raised a family, earned a master of social work (MSW), and became a clinical social worker. She is a citizen lobbyist for early childhood investments and maternal health. Young and her husband live in Portland and have a blended family of six children, many grandchildren, and an assortment of cats and dogs. Her short fiction and creative nonfiction stories have been published in print and online magazines, including Surging Tide and The Timberline Review. Rules for Mothers is her first novel.