Lisa's  collection, Monsters Under the Magnolias: Haints, Howls, and Hospitality in a Small Southern Town is currently a finalist in the 2025 CIBAs Collections and Anthologies category, which she considers a tremendous honor! Winners will be announced in April 2026!

Armed with a PhD in microbiology and a veterinary degree, she writes cozy horror set in haunted Southern towns and sci-fi romances in faraway galaxies. Her stories blend warmth, wonder, and spookiness to keep readers glancing over their shoulders and peeking under the bed before climbing in.

Expect cryptids who aren't what they seem, cursed antiques, and antagonists who have no idea who they are dealing with. She believes every monster deserves a redemption arc and every reader deserves a little magic and happy endings.

The shadows and cryptids in her world have an abundance of personality and southern charm.