Cara Lopez Lee's stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Santa Fe New Mexican, Connotation Press, and Rivet Journal. She's a book editor, and she's on the faculty at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Her writing has earned multiple awards from The Denver Woman's Press Club and Alaska Press Club. She was a television journalist and a writer for HGTV and Food Network. She has traveled throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the United States. Cara married her husband at an active volcano in Costa Rica. They live in Denver.