Lisa has a B.A. in English and a M.B.A. in Marketing and worked in human resources and marketing before becoming a stay-at-home mom. When her children entered school full-time, Lisa turned to writing to fill her days and exercise her mind. Her debut novel, For Better, For Murder, grew out of her family's love of the Finger Lakes region and her husband's obsession with cars. Lisa is a member of The Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Guppies, and her neighborhood bookclub, The Thursday Evening Literary Society.