Lisa is interested in the Victorian era and specifically in the factors which affect life choices for women, sexual subordination within a patriarchal system, and diaspora movements connected to religious beliefs. A specific focus is how the experiences of this group influenced popular Victorian fiction. She also has an interest in TE Lawrence due to an ancestral connection to his long-term friend Vyvyan Richards. Lisa researched and wrote extensively about this relationship while studying her MA at UEA. Lisa entered higher education late as a mature student, after a varied career as an actor, singer, artist management, and as a co-founder and manager of an addiction rehabilitation treatment centre. She attained a master’s degree with merit in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Lisa is a doctoral researcher in the final year of a practice-based PhD in English. Her thesis is on UK women who joined the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and then travelled in large numbers to the American west as pioneers. Her direct ancestors were part of this movement. In her work, Lisa uses a blend of Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction.

Publications

Shadow Man Parts 1: T.E. Lawrence Society Journal (2014)

Shadow Man Part 2: T.E. Lawrence Society Journal (2015)

Four Seasons UEA Non-Fiction Anthology (2014)

My Mother Said: Hidden Sussex - Writing Our Legacy Anthology for Sussex 2019 https://writingourlegacy.org.uk/product/hidden-sussex-anthology A Richer Dust Turnstones - Hastings Writers Group Anthology 2024