Elements of the Soul was published in 2009. It fulfilled Rissa's lifelong dream of having her name on the cover of a book.
Her journey has only begun.
Rissa Watkins
Spinning yarns in the desert
Welcome to the Website of author Rissa Watkins.
Rissa Watkins was born with the soul of a writer. Her father, who taught English to unruly high school students, also taught her the love of the written word. It is a love that has lasted a lifetime.
She honed her craft telling tall tales as a child. She was first published at the age of ten with a book titled The Revenge of Remington Steele. Rissa garnered critical acclaim from her fellow fifth graders. Her four week run at her elementary school library was her first literary success.
Rissa left the exciting world of accounting in the spring of 2009 to become a freelance writer for various print and online publications, but her first love was always fiction. In the fall of 2010, Rissa succumbed to the allure of the numbers (and the call of her mortgage company) and went back to work part time in accounting. Without having to worry about paying the pesky mortgage with her writing, she is able to focus all of her creative energy on fiction. Rissa has finished her first novel, Dying to Find You and is working on several other projects.
Rissa lives in the Arizona desert with her husband, son and rescued dog Mocha. When not huddled over her keyboard, typing furiously, she likes to cook Thai food and other culinary treats. She is a budding gardener who has turned her black thumb into something more Chartreuse.