✨ Author Bio — Susan Lehmkuhl

(Revised to reflect your real life in the desert)

Susan Lehmkuhl is a multi-genre author whose work celebrates reinvention, resilience, and the quiet magic woven into everyday life. A former stay-at-home mom who reinvented herself through words, Susan writes with the voice of a woman in her second prime — wiser, softer, stronger, and unafraid to step into desire, purpose, and possibility.

She is the creative force behind multiple pen names, including Vivi James (steamy suspense romance) and Marcey James (bold, sensual empowerment fiction), each offering a different facet of her storytelling spirit. Whether she’s crafting tales of small-town intrigue, mystical connections, later-in-life love, emotional healing, or the deep courage it takes to reclaim one’s true self, Susan’s writing is always rich with vulnerability, heart, and a touch of the metaphysical.

Now living in the desert, she draws inspiration from quiet dawns, wide skies, and the wild, enduring beauty of the landscape — a perfect backdrop for a woman continually writing herself anew. When she isn’t creating stories, she’s building cozy-witchy community spaces through her newsletters and her magical new bookshop, Moonlit Mischief Books.

She shares her home with her cat-editor Leo, who supervises deadlines with stern yellow eyes, insists on being part of every draft, and believes every book is improved by at least one cat cameo.