Julie Coulter Bellon is the award-winning author of dozens of romantic suspense novels. Her books almost always have characters that are in the military and law enforcement and she’s made many great friends in that field who help make her characters as authentic as possible. One of her most treasured experiences was when she was put into contact with a Marine who was stationed in Iraq at the time. His unit would gather around the computer after they’d come in from their mission of disarming IEDs along the roadsides and they would patiently answer all her questions. One of the things they told her during those sessions was that they missed having candy from home, like Skittles. So Julie arranged a Skittles for Soldiers food drive at all her booksignings and was able to collect 900 lbs of food and hygiene items for our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan—just to make sure our soldiers knew they weren’t forgotten and were appreciated. Visit her online at https://www.JulieCoulterBellon.com