Lisa Robyn Haddock was born in Oklahoma. She studied at the University of Tulsa and earned a bachelors degree in mass media news and a masters in modern letters. She has worked for daily newspapers in Oklahoma and New Jersey. She is an author, editor, and teacher. Since 1995, she had specialized in religion writing and editing. She is the creator of 'Carmen Ramirez', a lesbian copy editor and amateur sleuth in Frontier City, Oklahoma.