Ann B. Ross is the author of a series of New York Times bestsellers set in her home state of North Carolina that generally share a group of returning characters. Comic by genre, the series features a central character, "Miss Julia," whose name appears at the beginning of each title and from whose point of view the novels are written. She believes the universal truths are "that family and faith and doing what is right and proper make up the core of a healthy and happy life." However, "being well acquainted with the consequences of womanly submission," by book two of the series, Miss Julia also believes that "a woman ought to take up for herself, if you ask me."
