Lillian grew up in a small town in far northern United States. Passionate about books from a very young age, Lillian's mother discovered her preschool daughter could read when she found her reading aloud to her baby sister.
With a penchant for telling stories, Lillian put her own flair into childhood games. Instead of playing house, her dolls had murder mysteries. Instead of playing tag, she created elaborate plots for the neighborhood kids to enact, including space travel, entire societies of fictitious creatures, and post apocalyptic scenarios.
Her first book was written in the first grade, a tale of a skunk named "Skunky", and she hasn't stopped writing since.