Lisa L. Borm has lived in eight states and is a lifetime runaway trying to trade in her running shoes for a pencil. She has two self-published novels: Religion of Trees and When Lightning Strikes the Cottonwood.  A former Marine, she has also worked as a sports reporter, music critic, farmhand, substitute teacher, and can poor a mean draft beer.  When not writing, she enjoys hiking, gardening,and dreams of off-grid living.