Julia Hass was born and raised outside of Boston, MA, where she still lives with her two gerbils/assistants. In 2020 she graduated from UMass Amherst with a degree in Digital Media and Communications, and in her past life she's worked at dog daycares, coffee shops, and libraries, been everything from a freelance writer and copyeditor, to an HR and payroll coordinator to a a wholesale and shipping manager at a stationery company, and been a babysitter for many small humans, dogs, cats, and even one particularly long-lived gecko. Her favorite things are DIY-ing everything, walks in the woods, noodles from every culture, picture books, and the colors blue and yellow.