Tosca Lee

  • Tosca Lee is author of the critically acclaimed and extensively-awarded novels Demon: A Memoir and Havah: The Story of Eve. A sought-after speaker and former Mrs. Nebraska, she continues to work for local charities and as a senior consultant for a global consulting firm. Tosca holds a degree in English and International Relations from Smith College and also studied at Oxford University. She enjoys travel, cooking, history, and theology, and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Tosca's Blog
  • Why Judas?

    I'm often asked these days: why do you write about the characters you do? Why Eve? Why Judas? Why this one who should have known better, had everything and ruined it for everyone? Why this one who cashed in his friend and every miracle he had ever seen...
  • On Writing: Kill the Censor

    One of the most sure-fire ways to slow down writing--or stall it altogether--is to listen to the Censor. The Critic. The Editor. It is the little devil that sits on every writer's shoulder and says, "This is crap. Your mom will read this and...
  • On Writing: Prayer

    Before I start writing, I pray. This is something I learned from Sophy Burnham. Sometimes I forget, but not often--especially when I'm in the middle of a book. Sometimes it sounds a lot like begging. At other times it's zombic and dazed. I repeat...
  • Riled...

    Tonight, I’m riled up. I just finished reading the reviews of several new books and albums on Amazon, and I am finally and absolutely baffled by something I’ve been noticing for a while now: The absolute vitriol contained in some 1-star reviews...
  • Inspiration

    We're not so different at all. Like you, I'm inspired by reading, movies, music, art, beauty. I would add travel--there's something about leaving your daily paradigm that shocks you out of your own skin and someplace else. Sometimes the most...