Lisa Brunette is author of The Dreamslippers Series, a sexy-cozy murder-mystery series about a family of psychic PIs. The first book in the three-part series is Cat in the Flock; main character Cat McCormick goes undercover in a fundamentalist church, becoming a literal cat amidst the flock. Framed and Burning and Bound to the Truth come next in the series, and all books have been gathered together as a boxed set.
For the past 15 years, Lisa has written and designed game stories for a living, mostly for a 30+ female audience. She's the owner of a successful studio called Brunette Games, and Anthony Valterra is her VP and has designed and written a few game stories himself. He's also the former brand manager for Dungeons & Dragons, among other bragging rights; theirs was a gamer romance!
Lisa has also written a book of poetry inspired in part by yoga and nature, Broom of Anger. A longtime journalist, she's penned numerous articles for publications such as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Poets & Writers Magazine, and Crosscut, to name just a few. She writes on a wide range of topics here at Brunette Gardens - from asanas to zucchini - building on her previous experience as a lifestyle editor and feature writer. A longtime journalist, her work has been published in newspapers, magazines, and online across a writing career spanning 30 years. Here are some representative articles.
Embody Movement Studio Challenges You to Roar into the New Year (front page, Life)
Washington Ballet Theater Brings the Dance to Pe Ell (front page)
Embodying Good Health: Visionary Fitness Innovator Teaches Sold-Out Master Class in Centralia
Family Uses Inheritance to Open New Leather, Glass Business in Downtown Chehalis (front page, Life)
Northwest travel: A quick escape to Whidbey Island
It’s stormy, and the Pacific coast beckons
When Life Becomes Art: Five Lewis & Clark graduates make their mark as documentary filmmakers
Cherie Althauser Proves There's Joy in Movement at Age 65
Meet Mom-and-Pop Cattle Ranchers Paul and Dalene Olson
Ewe and I Offers Unique Combination of Yarn and Cheese in Downtown Chehalis
An Interview with Poet and Independent Bookseller J.W. Marshall
Maria Semple takes Hollywood stereotypes and makes readers care about them
Troubling new evidence leads local author to rewrite Titanic’s last chapter
Kathleen Norris says the demon you're fighting may really be age-old acedia
What’s so funny about adoption and ‘The Daily Show’? Everything.
Life after TV: ‘L.A. Law’ stars share their passion for Italy with readers
The melodrama is intoxicating in this saga about the Mondavi wine dynasty
Seattle Woman
Murder, They Wrote: Seattle's Leading Ladies of Mystery
Short Stuff
A longtime fan of the short form, Lisa has published essays, stories, and poetry.
My #FirstSevenJobs... and the Shitty Lessons Learned
Evolving Storytelling in Hidden-Object Games
Snow Monkey
The Eyes Have It and American Pop Culture