Julia McDermott was born in Dallas, Texas, grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned a degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also studied French and spent her junior year in the South of France. She and her husband were underwater on their first house in Texas (before being underwater was cool). She loves reading, watching football, cheering on the UNC Tar Heels, France, and all things French. The mother of four, she resides in Atlanta with her husband and family.