Winging It: A Memoir of My Journey to Asia, Book One

by Lia Russ

255 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2025

About the author

Lia Russ was born high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in a town so small that only three other children were born that year. Perhaps because of the sparseness of human population and the vastness of the natural world, Lia learned to open her senses to connect with the energies of everything around her.

It wasn't until she moved to Westchester County, New York, (at age nine) that she began to realize she was different from other children. Between her sensitivities to energy and a discovery that she was dyslexic, Lia feared that she would never fit in. She grew to dislike her differences, and because there was no support, she began to feel like she was irrevocably stupid and despaired about what life would be like for her as an adult.

This sense of despair followed her and overshadowed her life until that very discomfort caused her to leave the USA for the Far East at nineteen, in search of answers. She has devoted her life to understanding the things that she saw and felt around her that no one else seemed aware of and to finding information that would save others from having to experience the pain of isolation and self-doubt that she went through.

Lia loves nature, animals, solving mysteries, writing, creating art and dancing. She has traveled extensively in the United States, and Asia and currently lives in upstate New York with her boyfriend, two dogs, two cats, two parrots and many plants. Lia collects strays, crystals, and dots.


Lia's work can also be found at : https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lia-russ