Alyssa Lyons like her character Jordan Davis lives in Lynchburg, Virginia. The South is her playground. Its eccentricities and sense of humor fuel her stories. She specializes in solving crimes Southern style. Unlike Jordan, she is a cat person--rather she is staff to two cats. She taught high school American history and government and is a retired attorney. Or as she is fond of saying, "I am a recovering attorney." She declines to include a photo preferring to remain a woman of mystery, and not be ridden out of town on a rail. Instead, she's provided a photo representing her heroine in The Jordan Davis Mysteries.