Meet Lisa

Lisa Barker, the author of Just Because Your Children Drive You Insane...Doesn't Mean You Are A Bad Parent!, and Before I Had Kids I Was a Size 9, lives in California with her husband and four children.

Known as "The Jelly Mom" from her successful and popular parenting humor column (Jelly Mom, 2004-2009) Lisa continues to write and work on projects that revolve around her family, faith and humor recently releasing Inheritance (May 2011), an inspirational love story, through Lulu.com.

Lisa graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Creative Writing knowing only that she wanted to write and raise a family and that's just what she's doing.

The following are publications and books Lisa's work has appeared in:

Newspapers
The Salinas Californian
Eureka Reporter(CA)
Omaha Family (NE)
Mount Shasta Herald Supersaver (CA)
School News Roll Call (CA)
Llano Estacado Family Resource (TX)

Magazines

Austin Family (Texas)
Calgary Moms (Canada)
Wicklow Living Magazine (Ireland)

Websites

4MomsAtHome.com
ABabysPlace.com
AddingWisdomAward.com
AMomsLove.com
BlueSuitMom.com
BundlesOfJoy.org
BusyMomma.com
CanadianParents.ca
CatholicExchange.com
CatholicMom.com
CATHworld.org
Christian-Mommies.com
ConnectedMoms.com
DisneyFamily.com
FamilyCorner.com
FibreToFashion.com
GotKids.info
HoustonMom.com
HumorPress.com
JustForMom.com
LaughFish.net
MainStreetMom.com
MomShack.com
MommiesMagazine.com
MommySavers.com
MommysCompany.com
MomsBreak.com
MomsDailyRetreat.com
MomsNetwork.com
MomsNiche.com
Moms ME Zone
MomToMomChat.com
MyParenTime.com
ParentingHumor.com
Parenting Zoo
ParentSuperSite.com
ParentToParent.com
Pastiche Family Portal
PrimeHeadlines.com
RaisingOurKids.com
SearchWarp.com - Humor
SheKnows.com
Short-Humour.org.uk
SingleMothers.org
SlapStik.com
SouthernHumorists.org
SpringfieldOhioGuide
StorkNet.com
Suite101.com
TheNetWits.org
WITandWISDOM.org
WoodlandsMommy.com 

E-zines
A Tale of 2 WAHMs
Busy Momma Wellness
Mommy's Helper Online
SiliconMom.com (CA)
Super Parents Talk
Twinsperation (CA)

Newsletters

Absolute Write
Carbon Copy (IN)
Gigi's News!
Good 2ba Girl
Happy Mommy News
HomeBasedWorkingMoms
HUGSandHOPE.org
HunterdonMoms.com
Main Street Mom News
Mommies Network
Mommy Hullabaloo
Moms Club
Mothers of Preschoolers - (MOPS)
Paul's Fun House
She Knows
WITandWISDOM™

Books
A Special Mother is Born, Leticia Velasquez (Westbow Press)
People of Few Words (Lulu Press)
America's Funniest Humor! Book I (Humor Press)
America's Funniest Humor! Book 2 (Humor Press)