Adda Leah Davis is a retired elementary school teacher and counselor as well as author of nine books. She is the youngest of ten children reared in McDowell County, West Virginia but now resides in Russell County, Virginia.
Davis's life has been dedicated to writing and she now serves on the board of the Appalachian Authors Guild, the Planning Committee for the yearly Appalachian Heritage Writers Symposium, and is a member of the Reminiscent Writers Group of Southwest Virginia Community College at Richlands.