Julie Anne Marée, a proud UCLA Bruin, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemical Engineering and began working in the biotech industry in the San Francisco Bay area and Seattle. While still in college, she found herself fascinated by Grimm’s version of Snow White, particularly the relationship between Snow and the Evil Queen, so fraught with jealousy – and the odd, dark prince. Over time, she became quite intrigued as to what could possibly motivate the prince to behave as he did, taking Snow’s dead body that he could not “live without looking upon” back to his castle without ever believing that someday she might awaken. From her musings, Prince Drake was born!  

Julie Anne Marée’s Tales of the Dark Prince series explores not only how Snow White’s prince came to be damaged but how, ultimately, he and others are restored through the healing power of love. She resides in beautiful Puget Sound, Washington with her loving husband in a quaint little harbor town.