![]() ![]() The result was a children's book, What's a Girl to Do?, and her first historical novel, Gentle Warrior. ![]() A professor, impressed by the quality of her essays, convinced Garwood to take a year off of school to write. While studying to be an R.N., Garwood took a Russian history course and became intrigued by history, choosing to pursue a double major in history and nursing. This teacher had such an impact on Garwood's life that she named her daughter Elizabeth. A math teacher, Sister Elizabeth, devoted the entire summer that year to teaching Garwood how to read, and how to enjoy the stories she was reading. She was eleven before her mother realized that other children had been doing her homework, and that Garwood was simply unable to read. Because she missed so much school, she did not learn to read as the other children her age did. After having a tonsillectomy at age six, Garwood was a sickly child for years. She has six sisters: Sharon, Mary Kathleen, Marilyn, Mary, Mary Colette "Cookie", Joanne and Monica, and one brother: Tom. Julie Garwood was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the sixth of seven children in a large Irish family. ![]()
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