Lisa Patton, author of Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter and Yankee Doodle Dixie, is a Memphis, Tennessee native who spent four years as a Vermont innkeeper—until three sub-zero winters forced her back to the South. She has over 20 years' experience working in the music and entertainment business, and is a graduate of the University of Alabama, Kappa Delta sorority and the Memphis Junior League. She guides walking tours of Historic Downtown Franklin, Tennessee where she lives with her two sons.