She is also the author of Helen and the Masters: A Portrait of a California Mystic, the biography of a ranch wife and mother in California's turn-of-the-century Sacramento Delta who channeled ethereal writings and became a mystic in her forties. (Available on Amazon, and at the San Jose Public Library.)
Lisa Francesca is currently completing a biography of Julie P. Smith, 19th century novelist. Her writing has appeared in the Catamaran Literary Reader, AboutPlace Journal, and Reed Magazine. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Jose State University and a BA in English from U.C. Berkeley.