Bio - Julie Carter

Julie paints cowboy pictures with words and wit in her attempt to bring a unique point of view to cowboy life - be it ranch wife woes, cowboy behavior, rodeo adventures or simple essays on the nature of the beast called "cowboy."

From her ranch raising in Colorado to her ranch living in New Mexico and about a million rodeo arenas in between, she writes with the intent to make you laugh, make you think or sometimes, a little of both.

Her stories are those she has experienced herself and many are as told to her by others. The lifestyle and experiences are not unique to her, but Julie writes as the voice of those that came before her and those that still live down that dirt road, far behind the cattle guard.

Julie is a member of Southwest Writers and Western Writers of America. Her new book is offered at the Hubbard Museum of the American West and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum.

Julie is a fulltime staff writer for the Ruidoso News in Lincoln County, New Mexico, and writes a weekly syndicated column, Cowgirl Sass and Savvy.