Lisa VoelkerLisa Voelker was born and raised in the small seaside village of La Jolla, California. Many of her childhood summers were spent with her grandparents in rural New England where Lisa's mother, a teacher, fostered a life-long love of history in her dauhter. Throughout her life, Lisa has gathered stories from strangers, friends, and family; stories hidden away in memory and in journals, letters, and notebooks tucked away in bookshelves, drawers, basements, and attics. Occasionally, a truly remarkable story is brought to light. Such a story is the basis of Lisa's first novel, The Spoon.Lisa lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest residing on the central coast where the rainforest is shrouded in the morning mists of the Pacific Ocean. Read More Read Less