"Mama" Gallucci has been writing children's books for almost twenty years. She writes personal stories for her nieces and nephews as well as stories that pop into her head. She has a "Little Lisa" series and is working on her Ocean Friends set of stories. Lisa's passion is reading. She wrote her first story, Gutak of the Stone People for her twin sons when they were 9 years old and had read all the books on the shelf.