Lisa was born in Leicester, England, but has lived and travelled in many countries and finally chose Portugal as her home. She studied literature and languages - Russian and Portuguese - at university, and completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she subsequently taught for many years. She still teaches online creative writing courses for Oxford and York as well as running workshops/retreats in the mountains of Monchique. She writes mainly fiction, but also enjoys travel writing - and often combines the two. In 2012 her son was born. While sitting on the M25 in the UK in her camper van, she thought that it would be a wonderful idea if the campervan could fly... so began The Magic Campervan books. The Forbidden Slide is her first children’s book and her first publication in ten years.