Julie Bradley was born with adventure genes and shares her passions in her books “Escape from the Ordinary” and “Crossing Pirate Waters”. Both are true stories about a 7 ½ year adventure of sailing around the world with her husband, Glen. After twenty years in the Army as a Military Intelligence Officer she traded her uniform and worldly possessions to pursue the dream that had inspired her to keep going through the long separations of military deployments. During those years her stack of Cruising World, Sail and Latitude 38 magazines grew to hoarder proportions until the big purge of all belongings to buy their new home: a French built Amel blue-water sailboat. Her authentic encounters in off-the-beaten path countries and interactions with native islanders prompted her to describe their adventures through writing. Julie’s writing has appeared in the sail press, Latitude 38, Cruising World, Boating New Zealand, Money magazine, BoatUS magazine, and the Sunday travel section of over thirteen newspapers in the United States. She also wrote articles for New Zealand press while serving on the race committee for the 2002 Louis Vuitton Challenger and America’s Cup races in Auckland. Glen and Julie traded sail for power and are now traveling the Great Loop, a counterclockwise circumnavigation of the eastern United States. You can read her articles about their latest Great Loop adventures at www.juliebradleyauthor.com
