Julianna Baggott is an author and poet. She writes under her own name as well as the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. She is also an associate professor at Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts. Baggott received her B.A. in Creative Writing and French from Loyola University Maryland and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from University of North Carolina at Greensboro.