Lois
Lavrisa

Lois Lavrisa is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling novelist, nonfiction writer, and memoirist based in Savannah, Georgia. Her published fiction includes Liquid Lies and the four-book Georgia Coast Cozy Mystery Series, which pairs murder and mischief with Southern charm. Her nonfiction work includes Running Between Raindrops, a memoir in progress about family, addiction, identity, and finding her own voice. Originally from Chicago, Lois has worked as a journalist, college instructor, and corporate trainer—and once cheered professionally for the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. She writes about what makes people tick, in fiction and in life.

Lois Lavrisa has never believed a life should fit neatly into one genre. An award-winning, Amazon bestselling novelist and nonfiction writer, she is the author of Liquid Lies and the four-book Georgia Coast Cozy Mystery Series, set against the beautiful—and sometimes deadly—backdrop of coastal Georgia. Her fiction blends mystery, humor, memorable characters, and the secrets people keep.

But not every story Lois wants to tell is invented. She is also writing Running Between Raindrops, a memoir in progress about growing up amid family dysfunction and addiction, the search for belonging, and the courage it takes to find your own voice.

Originally from Chicago’s South Side and now based in Savannah, Lois brings a wonderfully varied résumé to the page: journalist, college instructor, corporate trainer, and former professional NBA Chicago Bulls cheerleader. Across fiction and nonfiction, her curiosity is the same: What makes people who they are, and what happens when the truth finally comes to light?

A mystery novelist. A memoirist. A journalist. A college instructor. A corporate trainer. And, once upon a time, a professional NBA Chicago Bulls cheerleader. Lois Lavrisa has lived more than one kind of story—and she’s not finished telling them.

An award-winning, Amazon bestselling author based in Savannah, Georgia, Lois writes fiction that blends suspense, humor, heart, and the deliciously inconvenient secrets people keep. Her published novels include the standalone mystery Liquid Lies and the four-book Georgia Coast Cozy Mystery Series: Dying for Dinner Rolls, Murderous Muffins, Homicide by Hamlet, and Killing with Kings. Along the coast, Southern charm is plentiful, but a peaceful afternoon is never guaranteed.

Her storytelling reaches beyond mystery fiction. Lois is working on Running Between Raindrops, a nonfiction memoir about childhood in a family shaped by addiction and dysfunction, the invisible rules of silence and shame, and the long, imperfect journey toward identity and belonging. Written with a novelist’s eye for scene and a memoirist’s commitment to emotional truth, the book explores how a child makes sense of the things adults refuse to name. It is a work in progress, not yet a published title.

Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Lois studied journalism and communications before building a career writing for newspapers, teaching at the college level, and training corporate audiences. Those years taught her to listen for what’s missing, to notice contradiction, and to ask the next question. The same instincts now shape both her mysteries and her personal writing.

And yes, she really did cheer professionally for the Chicago Bulls. It’s a reminder that you don’t have to live—or write—in one genre.

Lois enjoys meeting readers, speaking with community groups, and discussing creativity, writing, reinvention, resilience, and the stories we inherit. Whether the subject is a fictional murder or a family’s unspoken history, she is drawn to complicated people, unexpected turns, and the truth at the heart of a good story.