Young-Lira, H. R.: - H.R. Young-Lira Heather is a Texas author and shopkeeper of Loblolly Lost, an online bookstore of hand-selected hardcovers and other curated collectibles for the personal library. She lives east of Austin among the loblollies in Lost Pines Forest. She graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University, and served as research assistant to award winning journalist and non-fiction author Janet Heimlich. This is her first novel.