Meet the Author: Lisa Bouchard

Warm towns, clever puzzles, and just a little magic. Meet the author who makes cozy paranormal mystery feel like coming home.

Some authors write the books they think readers want. Lisa Bouchard writes the books she’d most want to curl up with herself — the kind with a warm town, a puzzle worth solving, a cast of characters who feel like neighbors, and a touch of magic humming under it all. That instinct is exactly why readers love her. When you open a Lisa Bouchard mystery, you can feel that you’re in the hands of someone who genuinely adores the genre. Welcome to the cozy, slightly enchanted world of one of our favorite storytellers.

The author who found her home in the cozy

Lisa Bouchard writes cozy paranormal mysteries — the delightful corner of fiction where a fair-play whodunit meets a gentle dash of the supernatural. Her books deliver everything cozy readers cherish: a close-knit community you’d love to live in, an amateur sleuth you’d love to befriend, a puzzle that plays fair, and a comforting warmth that never lets you down. And then, woven through it all, a little something extra-ordinary — the paranormal spark that makes her worlds shimmer.

It’s a genre that rewards a writer who cares about both halves equally: the mystery and the magic, the cleverness and the comfort. Lisa does. Her puzzles are constructed with real care, so the solutions satisfy. Her towns are drawn with real love, so you never want to leave. And her magic is charming rather than frightening, the kind that adds sparkle without ever tipping the coziness off balance.

The Isabella Proctor mysteries

At the heart of Lisa Bouchard’s work is her flagship series featuring Isabella Proctor — a run of cozy paranormal mysteries that shows off everything readers love about her writing. It’s the perfect place to meet her: a warm, magical world, a sleuth worth rooting for, and puzzles that keep you guessing right up to the reveal.

Like the best cozy series, it’s designed to be lived in. Each book brings a fresh mystery, but the deeper pleasure is returning to a world and a cast you’ve come to adore — checking in on familiar faces, watching relationships deepen, and settling back into a place that feels like home. It’s the kind of series readers finish and immediately reach for the next.

A Lisa Bouchard mystery is a warm town, a fair puzzle, and a little magic — the exact recipe for a book you don’t want to end.

What makes her books special

Ask a Lisa Bouchard reader what keeps her coming back, and a few things come up again and again.

• Warmth you can count on. Her books are a genuine comfort — a cozy refuge you can return to whenever the world feels like too much.
• Puzzles that play fair. The clues are there, the red herrings resolve honestly, and the solution rewards a careful reader. You’re always given a real chance to solve it alongside the sleuth.
• Characters like neighbors. Her recurring casts feel like real communities, full of the kind of people you’d love to know — which is a big part of why her series are so beloved.
• Magic done gently. The paranormal elements delight rather than menace, adding sparkle and whimsy while keeping everything cozy.

A little about the author

Lisa Bouchard is happiest when a mystery is coming together on the page and a fresh pot of something warm is steeping nearby. She has a soft spot for small towns, long winters, cats with opinions, and the particular magic of a story that lets a reader feel both clever and comforted at once. She believes, wholeheartedly, that a book can be a genuine refuge — and she writes hers to be exactly that.

Her stories are made to be a fixed point in a reader’s day: the stop you look forward to, the warm and slightly magical town you’re always glad to return to. It’s a philosophy that fits right in at Ninth Floor Press, and it’s why her books have found such a devoted readership.

Where to start

If you’re new to Lisa Bouchard, the Isabella Proctor mysteries are the ideal doorway into her world — cozy, clever, and just magical enough. Settle in with the first book, meet the town, and let the puzzle pull you in. And as her stories continue to reach readers in more languages, that welcoming world keeps opening its doors a little wider.

One warm town, one clever sleuth, and a little magic in the air. Come solve a mystery — you’ll want to stay.

Ready to meet Isabella Proctor and step into a cozy, magical whodunit? Explore Lisa Bouchard’s mysteries in the Ninth Floor Press catalogue and find your next comfort read.

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