About the Author

Julie Young is an award-winning freelance writer whose work has been seen in a number of local, regional, and national publications, includingThe Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Monthly, ADVANCE for Nurses Magazine, Catholic Teacher Magazine,and Evansville Living. She is the featured columnist for Michiana House & Home Magazine, Glo Magazine for Women, and CNN.com. She was a writer with the Associated Press, has been a regular guest on radio programs such as Hoosier History Live!, First Day, and in 2000, appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is also the author of seven books. Author home: New Palestine, Indiana.

Ilse Blansert is better known to the ASMR video world as the Waterwhispers Ilse. Her rapidly growing YouTube channel has nearly 130,000 subscribers and more than 16 million total hits. She has been cited, interviewed, and linked to in most of the recent media discussion about the emergence of ASMR, including the New York Times, Time Magazine, ABC World News Tonight, and Oprah magazine. Author home: Toronto, Canada.