Julie Ryan McGueJulie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. In her writing, she explores finding out who you are, where you belong, and making sense of it. She is the author of three award-winning books: Twice a Daugher: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging (She Writes Press, 2021), Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship (Muse Literary, 2023), and Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood (She Writes Press, 2025). In September 2025, Julie published Jack and Lullu Go to the Tree Farm (Muse Literary), the first book in the children’s book series: Let’s Go with Lulu. Her work has appeared in Writers Digest, Story Circle Network Journal, Brevity Nonfiction Blog, Imprint News, Adoption.com, Adopting.com, Lifetime Adoption Adoptive Families Blog, Adoption & Beyond, and Severance Magazine. Her personal essays have appeared in several anthologies, including Real Women Write: Seeing Through Their Eyes (Story Circle Network, 2022), Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis (She Writes Press, 2022), Real Women Write: The Power of Friendship (Story Circle Network, 2024), and Real Women Write: In the Garden (Story Circle Network, 2025). She splits her time between Michigan City, IN and Sarasota, Florida.  Read More Read Less