Rebecca J Lillis was born in Winchester Virginia, graduated from the College of St.Rose in Albany, New York with a degree in English and taught middle school language arts for 16 years. She then pursued a career in manufacturing and construction. Writing came in 2010 with the publication of her first children's book, Yonah daughter of the Wind. Next came Trinka the Timid Triceratops. Now retired her most recent book, The Little White Horse That Wanted To Be Brown tells of her two horses.