Lisa Coutras is a student at Houghton Liberal Arts College in upstate New York. She hopes to pursue a career in writing and art, as well as youth ministry and music. She has already made a few artistic accomplishments, such as seeing her work appear on the merchandise of pop duo, LaRue. Others have been seen in several magazines and official music websites. The Jewel of a Shattered Heart is her first published written work, the cover also being one of her illustrations. She wrote it over a course of three months and had it accepted by Publish America after one submission.

Biography provided by the author, February 2003.