Julia Hickey has been involved in education since the early 90s, as a teacher, examiner and lecturer. She is now the owner of The History Jar website (you can also find her on Twitter under the same name) and an independent tutor and speaker. She works across the Midlands and Yorkshire offering classes and talks on different aspects of history as well as historical crafts, such as cross stitch samplers, blackwork embroidery and silhouettes. She has had a number of short stories published in Take a Break Fiction Feast, Best, The People's Friend and Women's Weekly. She has also had a number of books published ranging from teaching football to local history!