Lisa Esile (1972-) was born in Wellington, New Zealand but spent most of her adult life on the remote southern island. She has a Masters Degree in science from Otago University. Lisa lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Franco. Together they wrote and illustrated 'Whose Mind Is It Anyway?' Lisa is a regular contributor to Tiny Buddha and her a blog, lisaesile.com, has over 8000 subscribers. Likes: swimming, asparagus and new potato's with butter and salt, playing guitar with Franco, camping, reading in bed, and remembering to be lazy.