Julie Gianelloni Connor is an award-winning author, publisher, and retired Senior Foreign Service Officer. She released her second title, a children’s book, in 2021. It won first place in the children’s book category at the North Texas Book Festival and the Grand Prize for children's books from AMI (Authors Marketing International). “The Baby with Three Families, Two Countries, and One Promise” tells an international adoption story. Her first book, “Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike,” garnered no. 1 status on Amazon in both the category for new books on hiking and walking and the category for Spain and Portugal. It subsequently went on to win five awards, including a silver medal in the eLit national competition and selection as a finalist in the annual “Self-Publishing Review” (SPR) competition. Her short stories have appeared in four anthologies. Julie founded Bayou City Press after spending 33 years as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service, first with the U.S. Information Agency and later with the U.S. Department of State. She had nine overseas assignments in seven different countries: Israel (twice), Paraguay, Guatemala, Indonesia, Colombia (twice), Malaysia, and Chile. In Washington, DC, Julie worked on a variety of matters, ranging from nuclear non-proliferation to narcotics control to women’s issues. She has one son, James, and two cats, Halloween and Charles Augustus V. Her books can be ordered from her publishing website (BayouCityPress.com), online retailers such as Amazon.com, or your local bookstore.