
About Julie Legg
For decades, I’ve been a passionate do-er of many things. You might be here because you searched for the author of The Missing Piece: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD — in which case, yay and welcome.
As you’ll know from the book, I’ve done, and continue to do, many things. You could say I’m a collector of passions. And I quite like it that way. Some are neatly connected. Others seem wonderfully random. AUTHOR • PODCAST HOST • MUSICIAN • ACTOR • HOMESTEADER and ADVOCATE - this website is home to the whole of me.
I grew up in remote and rural communities for much of my childhood – including several years on Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf, without electricity to boot. My free-range childhood suited me well. I’d lived in twenty-three different houses by the age of 30, then stopped counting.
THE MISSING PIECE:
A Woman's Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD
by Julie Legg (HarperCollins, 2024)
THE MISSING PIECE was written specifically to help both undiagnosed and newly diagnosed women with ADHD understand they are not alone. The book has been described as a 'safe space' for female readers who feel their own experiences are validated and shared. It lifts the lid on how ADHD traits can manifest in our daily lives, which at times can be difficult to explain to non-ADHD friends, work colleagues and family.
Simply Life Changing
For anyone who has or suspects they might have ADHD, or for those who simply want to understand their loved ones better who have the condition, this book is a must! It is a validating comfort. Within its pages are honest first hand accounts from those with the condition, highlighting everyday struggles, with lots of laughs to be had in between, while providing an objective view of diagnosis vs no diagnosis, medication vs no medication. I felt understood and validated for struggles I have dealt with as long as I can remember.
[KATE, Mighty Ape]
Latest AUTHOR News & Updates
Waikato Herald & Te Awamutu Courier
As a local author, I am delighted to have the Waikato Herald and the Te Awamutu Courier (my local paper), report on the recent release of The Missing Piece: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD. The topic is becoming increasingly relevant to thousands of women throughout New Zealand, in both urban...Continue reading
Top 10 NZ Author Bestseller – Non Fiction
It doesn’t happen every day, and certainly not every week, but I’m delighted to have made New Zealand’s Top 10 author bestsellers (non fiction) for The Missing Piece! The results were announced on 8 March (which I believe is based on data from from Sunday through Saturday the previous week). The Nielsen BookScan New Zealand...Continue reading
New Zealand Listener – Book Takes
I’m proud to have The Missing Piece featured in New Zealand Listener’s Book Takes. It was a wonderful opportunity to share what interesting things readers will learn and what I learnt during the writing process of THE MISSING PIECE. It was an interesting exercise to pick out just a handful of things that I thought...Continue reading
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