Julie Casson Author

Julie Casson is a debut author and lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Julie spent twenty-three years working in Further Education. Starting out as a teacher,
her career evolved into management. She holds an MA in management from the University
of York.

Her career ended unexpectedly in 2007, when her husband, Nigel, was diagnosed with
motor neurone disease. Julie became Nigel’s primary carer. Nigel’s positivity, humour and
pragmatism throughout his illness, and his determination to take control of his death, is the
inspiration behind this memoir.

In 2011, she started a blog, posting light-hearted commentary on every-day existence
and specific accounts of Nigel’s experience, which she later developed into this book. She
completed a creative writing course with the University of York.

Julie is a supporter of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and member of Dignity
in Dying. It is her greatest wish that Nigel’s story contributes to changing the law on assisted
dying in the UK.