Lisa McCormack is an aspiring southern novelist and short story writer. Lisa's short stories have appeared in Third Wednesday Literary Magazine, Still: The Journal, KY Stories and Baby Boomers 2019. Her debut novel, Fast Moving Dreams, depicts the struggles of an alcoholic preacher who watches daily for signs of God, a pre-teen girl in search of her missing mother, and a drug-addicted young woman living in a homeless camp. In each desperate character shines the possibility of hope and redemption. She has two more novels in the works. 

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Lisa started her writing career as a journalist for The Tennessean, in Nashville, TN. After working for the newspaper, Lisa began a career as a publishing sales representative, traveling to bookstores through the south and mid-west, a job she loved because it involved meeting authors and reading the latest soon-to-be-published fiction. She continues to work in book publishing at Penguin Random House, selling Random House titles to the national distributor, Ingram Content Group. 

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To hone her writing, Lisa has attended the Appalachian Writer's Conference in Hindman, KY for many years, where she has studied under Silas House, Robert Gipe, Amy Green, Michael Parker and many other esteemed writers. She has also participated in Litreactor, an on-line writing program, and continues to take classes with author and mentor Richard Thomas.

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Lisa lives on a lake near Nashville with her award-winning photojournalist husband, Larry McCormack. Her son, Steven, works as a computer programmer in Colorado. When not writing, Lisa can be found on her back porch with Larry, reading and watching the ducks, geese, turtles, cranes and hummingbirds that surround their bucolic home. Lisa can often be found on a float in the lake, with book in hand. 

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For more information about Lisa's work, please see the writing samples on the next page. For additional inquiries, please contact Lisa's agent, Maura K. Phelan, at Green Light Literary + Media. 

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