Lucille Guarino

An Amazon bestseller for what she considers her debut, ELIZABETH'S MOUNTAIN, and an award-winning author of three novels, Lucille Guarino loves emotion-heavy stories with resilient female characters who are as realistic as they are inspiring. She holds the record in her family for reading the most books, writing the most stories, and giving them some of the funniest fall fails. Having lived most of her life in northern New Jersey, she now lives in Lexington, South Carolina, with her husband and close to her two daughters and grandchildren. She delights in embarrassing her kids . . . and now her grandkids. She loves road trips, touring the countryside, and talking to the locals. If there was ever any doubt about her fear of heights, standing before the Grand Canyon clinched it.

Her newest novel, LUNCH TALES: SUELLEN—scheduled to launch in February of 2025, was the Grand Prize winner in A Woman's Write 2023 writing competition. SUELLEN is personal for her, depicting the trials and tribulations of so many women, each a champion in their own story. In creating characters for her novels, she will advocate for them – whatever their struggle or sacrifice, so that hopefully their 'real life' stories can champion others.