Julia Sullivan started working on Bone Necklace more than twenty years ago, after visiting the Big Hole Battlefield in Wisdom, Montana. Julia first became interested in the Nez Perce story because of the great injustice that the tribe suffered. What kept her interested was their conduct during the war. While under attack, the Nez Perce won the respect of the soldiers sent to fight them and the civilian population. At the end of the war, Canada offered them political asylum.

Julia is an American lawyer and English solicitor. Throughout her career, she has worked to expose and root out injustice.

Julia lives with her husband in Annapolis, Maryland and Hamilton, Montana.