Julia Dahl was born in Fresno, Calif., to a Lutheran father and a Jewish mother. She currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and writes about crime and justice for CBSNews.com.Julia's first novel, "Invisible City" was nominated for an Edgar Award, a Thriller Award, a Mary Higgins Clark Award and an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and was named one of the Boston Globe's Best Books of 2014. "Invisible City" won the Barry Award, the Shamus Award, and the Macavity Award for Best First Novel.Julia is a former freelance reporter for the New York Post and her articles have appeared in Mental Floss, Salon, the Columbia Journalism Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Pacific Standard, Marie Claire and Seventeen, among others.