Lou Jane Temple

Lou Jane Temple is a private chef, chef, food author, and author that is best known for the “Heaven Lee” series of novels. Temple’s road to becoming an author and food writer has been winding and long. She started catering for a rock and roll band and was often found backstage with the stars before she started Café Lulu, a catering company and restaurant based in Kansas City. A woman of many skills, she has been a restaurateur and chef who does consultations for many restaurants and hotels that need innovative and new menus. She has gone on to use her exceptional culinary skills to write several culinary mysteries in the “Heaven Lee,” “Spice Box” series, and the “Big Platter Cookbook” which is a collection of recipes. Her popular “Heaven Lee” mysteries feature a woman named Heaven Lee, who is a former lawyer, restaurant owner, and restaurateur in Kansas City. She currently lives in Kansas City from where she writes her novels.