Lee Ann Walling

Lee Ann Walling was born in Pittsburgh and raised in the suburbs of Dallas. She entered the University of Texas as a journalism major the same month Richard Nixon resigned, and her dream of becoming a writer was quickly redirected by the demands of daily deadlines. Her first job out of college was reporting and anchoring the noon news at a CBS television station in Odessa, Texas.

After thirteen years as a journalist in Texas and Delaware, she was hired to manage the statewide campaign of Ruth Ann Minner—a high school dropout with an inspiring story who would go on to become Delaware’s first female governor. Lee Ann served as her chief of staff and helped shape her land-use and environmental policies.

Her own journey is one of continual reinvention. Over the years, she earned an MBA in Finance, became a nationally credentialed land-use planner, earned certification as a graphic and web designer, and launched two businesses after leaving state government. In 2024, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by earning a Master of Fine Arts from Drexel University in Philadelphia—finally writing her first novel.

She lives in southern Delaware with her spouse, Sue, and plays keyboards in a praise band every Sunday in Rehoboth Beach.