"Ms. Lollie" Lisa Henderson O'Harra graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. She is a licensed interior designer and has worked with seminaries, corporate offices, banks, many beautiful homes, and even a yacht. Lisa lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband and two horses. They have three children (including Greggory, portrayed in the book-now thirty years old) and twin grandsons. She is active in her church and is very involved in a community faith-based children's organization that reaches out to at-risk children. God has blessed her with the gift of creativity, and she is honored to use her talents to glorify the Lord.