About Lisa M. Lilly - Lisa Lilly

Lisa M. Lilly writes detective mysteries and supernatural thrillers featuring smart, driven, and kind female protagonists.

She is currently finishing The Desperate Man, the eighth book in her Q.C. Davis mystery series. In addition, Lilly hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story and is the author of the Writing As A Second Career books for writers.

In the Q.C. Davis crime novel/mystery series, Chicago lawyer Quille C. Davis, haunted by her sister’s unsolved murder, seeks justice by looking into crimes where police come up short. The series is great for fans of Louise Penny, Jonathan Kellerman, and Sara Paretsky. It includes seven novels to date and the novella No Good Plays. Join the author’s Reader’s Group to get a copy of No Good Plays and Q.C. Davis short stories free.

Lilly’s first series, the Awakening supernatural thriller series features a young woman who faces a powerful cult convinced she and her future child will trigger the Apocalypse. Readers call it The Da Vinci Code meets Rosemary’s Baby. Books in the series have been downloaded over 100,000 times.

Lilly also is the author of two works of horror. When Darkness Falls and The Tower Formerly Known As Sears: 3 Tales Of Urban Horror. She is currently working Shadow of a Storm, the first novel in a new supernatural suspense series.

In addition to her fiction writing, Lilly works now and then as a lawyer and hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story. The show and the books based upon it recap episodes and explore plot, character development, and other story elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spinoff series Angel.

Under L. M. Lilly, she founded WritingAsASecondCareer.com. There you’ll find articles on writing, publishing, and time management, as well as Lilly’s non-fiction books on writing. Those books explore story structure, character development, and the writing life.

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