Leona Lipari Lee, MA, RN is a native of South Louisiana and resides in Bay St. Louis, MS. She is a retired psychiatric nurse with a BA degree in psychology and an MA degree in English from the University of New Orleans.

Ms. Lee is the author of two nonfiction books, How to Survive Menopause without Going Crazy and The Forever Saints Fans Club. She is a contributor to several nonfiction books including, Chicken Soup for the Sisters Soul and Women's Health: A Resource Guide for Nurses.

Writing as LL LEE, she is the author of the Sisters Series, humorous mystery/romantic novels featuring the "Sisters" from Louisiana: Taxing Tallula and its spin-offs, The Sisters: Lost in Brooklyn, The Sisters: Found in San Antonio, The Sisters: Murder by the Bayou and The Sisters: Ten Days in Sicily.

Ms. Lee has also written Jude's Bench, an autobiographical novel that deals with a woman trying to make it on her own at a somewhat mature age. Ms. Lee handles the subject in a lighthearted manner that has become her trademark.

Her humorous novel, "A Good Catch" is about women in a grief support group who have grieved for four years and are now looking for love again.

Also, writing as LL Lee, her dystopian novel, Senior Camp 2035, takes place in a future America run by an authoritarian government.

Ms. Lee’s latest novel, The Little House of Healing, is about nine troubled souls who seek solace in a peaceful Bay cottage.