Harriet Kocher Lewis

Harriet Kocher Lewis is the award-winning editor and publisher of Bariso Press. Titles she has edited have been honored with Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Spur Finalist designations and Independent Author Awards. She is co-author with her husband of three books in the "Magic Machine Series" published by Bariso Press: Devotionals from a Soulless Machine; Jokes from a Humorless Machine; and Recipes from a Tasteless Machine. A native Pennsylvanian, she graduated from State College High School. She...See more

Harriet Kocher Lewis is the award-winning editor and publisher of Bariso Press. Titles she has edited have been honored with Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Spur Finalist designations and Independent Author Awards. She is co-author with her husband of three books in the "Magic Machine Series" published by Bariso Press: Devotionals from a Soulless Machine; Jokes from a Humorless Machine; and Recipes from a Tasteless Machine. A native Pennsylvanian, she graduated from State College High School. She has a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in biology and physical therapy and a master's degree from Texas Tech in kinesiology. She spent 26 years as a physical therapist in hospitals, outpatient clinics, nursing homes and home health. Lewis concluded her physical therapy career as the inaugural clinical coordinator for the physical therapy program at Angelo State University, where she taught technical writing. She also wrote and edited numerous scientific papers as well as a chapter in a clinical education textbook. She is married to award-winning author Preston Lewis and the mother of a son and daughter as well as the grandmother of four granddaughters and a grandson. Each summer she organizes and hosts a summer camp for their five grandchildren. See less