L. J. Washburn

Under the names Livia J. Washburn and L.J. Washburn, Livia Washburn Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically acclaimed mystery, western, romance, and historical novels for over thirty years.

She is married to author James Reasoner. Livia and James have had a long career working together, tweaking and editing each other’s stories. In recent years she's become involved in publishing, and cover designing, producing books for Western Fictioneers, and now for Prairie Rose Publications.

Livia lives in the Texas countryside with her husband, and a gang of rescue dogs.