Since then, Lee has focused on her own non-collaborative works, with such titles as Iscariot and The Legend of Sheba showing up on bestseller lists in the Christian fiction marketplace. She collaborated with bestselling Christian Suspense author Ted Dekker on the Books of Mortal trilogy ( Forbidden, Mortal, Sovereign 2011-2013). In 2010, Lee committed herself to making a living as a full-time writer and left her position with Gallup. At the same time, she wrote what was to be her second published novel, Havah: The Story of Eve. In 2003, she began working for the Gallup Organization as a leadership consultant to Fortune 500 companies, involving international travel around the Pan-Pacific region, Europe and the U.S. In the years following her pageant experiences, she occasionally worked as a model.Īround 2000, inspired in part by her participation in a collaborative online storytelling and role-playing group, she wrote the novel that ultimately became Demon: A Memoir, though it wasn’t sold until 2006 (and published in 2007). While involved in the world of pageants, Tosca remained a freelance technical writer, and also wrote and worked on her second full novel (also currently unpublished). She was able to use her pageant fame to support efforts to fight breast cancer. She later went on to become first runner up in the Mrs. When a family friend suggested she try out for a beauty pageant, Tosca eventually did enter and ultimately won the title Mrs. In the early 1990s, Lee worked for Smart Computing Magazine, and also wrote two computer books. After one year of college, she first uttered the comment “I think I want to write a novel!” During her period at Smith College, she wrote her first complete novel, which has never been published. Lee has commented in interviews that she’s always been a writer, even in her youth, and won writing contests early in her life.

She also studied International Economics at Oxford University. Tosca Lee attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she earned a BA in English. In her youth, Tosca trained as both a ballerina and a pianist, though a combination of her height and injuries ended her ballet career aspirations. In interviews, Lee has described herself as a “geek-nerd” while growing up, loving superheroes and science fiction – she kept waiting for Luke Skywalker to sweep in and carry her away.

Professor Lee was an opera fan, and in fact had early dreams of an opera career, and ended up naming his daughter Tosca in tribute to his favorite Puccini opera. Tosca Lee was born in Roanoke, Virginia, to a Korean father, Professor Sang Moon Lee, and a Caucasian mother. Nebraska Author Tosca Lee A list of works by Nebraska author

The Legend of Sheba by Tosca Lee