Issa Puppi is a corporate executive with a background in the study of literature. For the past decade, she has been working through the ranks of operational management in the public and private sectors, but over the last few years has gradually begun to turn back to her first love—writing. In addition to her novel Overture, which is now available for purchase on Amazon.com, Issa maintains a blog titled The Torrid Forties, contributes regularly to digital forums, and is currently at work on the second book in the Overture series. Issa resides in Northern New Jersey and South Florida with her husband and young son.