About

Lisa Horstman is an author/illustrator based in Tennessee. She has written and illustrated seven books for kids and has illustrated numerous works for other authors. Her most recent work is CHRONIC, a serialized graphic novel for YA/adults. It is available at https://mulberrytreehouse.substack.com.

Find out more about Lisa's books at https://mulberrytreehouses.wixsite.com/mulberrytreehouse

Featured Work

Chronic: An Unauthorized Autobiography

2022

CHRONIC is a weekly serialized graphic novel available to read via Substack at https://mulberrytreehouse.substack.com. It's the story of Elle, a thirteen year-old diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1980, and how she learns to accept her diagnosis with the help of a punk nurse who loves The Clash, as well as a motley group of ghosts who were diabetic patients at the Allen Physiatric Institute in Morristown, New Jersey in 1922.

Other Works

  • Torry in the Land of Arches

    2019

  • Ghosts in the Machine (comics series)

    2016

  • No Place for the Weary Kind: Women of the Smokies (cover and interior illustrations)

    2016

  • Sabrina

    2015

  • Squawking Matilda

    2009

  • Wee Ones

    2001

  • The Troublesome Cub

    1999

  • The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball

    1997

  • Fast Friends

    1994

Awards and Recognition

  • Random House Dr. Seuss Picturebook Award (1992); National Park Service Award of Excellence in Interpretive Media (1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007); Society of Illustrators West (Bronze, Children's Market, 2009)