Julie A Coons

Author

I saw my first spirit a year after my near death, out-of-body experience... a very handsome Civil War soldier. He just stood across the room looking straight at me with the brightest blue eyes I've ever seen. I was mesmerized. I was 16 and my abilities scared me enough to shut them down for a long time. I had an abusive mother and I couldn't risk my friends thinking I was different. I referred to my friends back then as my "love supply."

I kept my abilities at bay until I moved into a new home 20 years ago. Within a week they came flooding back. Some negative entities were attacking me, so I went to a spiritual medium for help. Her name is Theresa. She told me I'm a gifted medium which makes me a beacon for the spirit world. Then Theresa said the most incredible thing. She told me she had a message for me from my spirit guides. The message... I need to write about my life. She said, "Julie, it's an incredible story how you were able to break the cycle of abuse for your daughter. Not only that, you saved yourself as well as your child from an abusive man."

The last thing I wanted to do was write about my crazy life. However, I agreed when Theresa told me I could help others. I always felt if I could help just one person then what I went through would be somehow worth it. I procrastinated for a year and then I started writing. I realized I enjoyed writing and I'm not half bad at it. My self-esteem was destroyed by an abusive, narcissistic, mentally-ill mother, so what do I know?

When I wrote my third book, Haunted, I realized just how into the paranormal I truly am these days. I plan to stay in the paranormal genre for a while. It's way less frightening than writing about my mother!