After thirteen years at an all-girls school in Memphis and a house full of sisters, Lisa Patton headed for co-ed life at the University of Alabama where she received a BA in Communications. Forever the music lover, Lisa landed her first job at the Historic Orpheum Theatre in Memphis as a manager and show promoter before transitioning into radio promotions at WMC-FM 100, the top-rated Memphis landmark station. It was there she received Billboard Magazine's Promotion Director of the Year award. The birth of her two sons made it difficult to emcee nightly charity auctions and movie premieres so Lisa shifted into TV promotion at the NBC affiliate, WMC-TV Channel 5. Writing radio and TV promotional spots, character voice bits and news promos made up a large part of both jobs. A three-year stint in the restaurant business as an innkeeper in Vermont added diversity to her deeply rooted southern heritage and it was there that Lisa got the inspiration for her bestselling novel, WHISTLIN' DIXIE IN A NOR'EASTER. After three sub-zero winters, though, Lisa's compass pointed south again and she sped back to Tennessee to de-thaw. A year later she returned to the Music Industry and went to work for recording artist, Michael McDonald, working on several albums and DVD projects including the Grammy nominated, certified Platinum, Motown. When Historic Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee called with an offer to produce the Summer Concert Series, Lisa eagerly accepted and remained in that position until writing became a full-time job. Lisa is now the bestselling author of WHISTLIN' DIXIE IN A NOR'EASTER and YANKEE DOODLE DIXIE. Both novels have been featured on the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Bestseller List and her third novel, SOUTHERN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, is the final book in the Whistlin' Dixie series. When she's not writing Lisa guides walking tours of Historic Downtown Franklin, her hometown in Tennessee and is a contributing writer for SOUTHERN EXPOSURE magazine. Currently at work on her fourth book, Lisa is the proud mother of two sons and a little Havanese pooch named Rosie. To learn more about her, please visit Lisa's Web site at www.lisapatton.com.