Raised on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, Lois Richardson expressed her thoughts through drawing, writing poetry and jotting down sentences of various subjects. Later in life s...view moreRaised on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin, Lois Richardson expressed her thoughts through drawing, writing poetry and jotting down sentences of various subjects. Later in life she studied art and drawing with many fine teachers. Today her art centers around teaching painting and drawing to family who express an interest in learning and paints for her pleasure and relaxation.Lois graduated from high school at the age of seventeen with a degree entitled "diploma." The following month she applied for and was accepted into "workforce USA," (her own words.) After seven years she graduated to marriage and three children taking part in the world of stay at home moms and all the simple and easy things of that life. (She failed the simple and easy part.) There were intervals of working outside the home.Writing became a priority over visual art and she read and attended critique groups and conferences absorbing the how to of the writing world.Her first book, The Forbidden Room, is a middle grade mystery/adventure story of a brother and sister engaged in solving problems of their haunted home on their own.She lives with her husband in a small Texas town and together they enjoy children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.view less