In a previous life, Lori was a graphic designer for fourteen years. In her current existence, she's a stay at home mom with a desperate need for a creative outlet besides Crayola crayons, Play-Doh and finger-painting. Besides writing, she also does freelance web site design and portraits on commission. She's been told her artistic creativity often shows through in her stories. That, and the quirky side of her personality she tries to keep reined in when she's around grown-ups.

In between mommy duties and freelancing, she's hard at work on a new bestiary series featuring shapeshifting characters from ancient medieval manuscripts. The first book is a medieval time-travel called Fire of the Dragon.

Lori lives in Virginia with her engineering geek/hero husband, a precocious daughter who likes dragons more than dolls, and a dare devil son who wants to drive monster trucks when he grows up.