Julie Metz is the author of the New York Times best­seller Per­fec­tion and Eva and Eve and has writ­ten for pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing The New York Times, Tablet, and Salon, and Zib­by Owens’ Moms Don’t Have Time to Read. She is a fel­low of Mac­Dow­ell, Yad­do, and VCCA. Julie lives with her fam­i­ly and two cats in New York’s Hud­son Valley.