Issa Puppi is a corporate executive with a background in the study of literature. For the past decade, she has been working through the ranks of operational management, but over the last few years has gradually begun to turn back to her first love--writing. In addition to Overture, Issa maintains a blog titled The Torrid Forties, contributes regularly to digital forums, and is currently at work on the second book in the Overture series. Issa resides in Northern New Jersey and South Florida with her husband and young son.