Lisa Teasley

Lisa Teasley is an American writer and artist. Her first book, the story collection Glow in the Dark (2002) won the Gold Pen and Pacificus Foundation awards. Her second and third books, the novels Dive (2004) and Heat Signature (2006), address gender, race, intercultural and justice issues. Teasley’s fourth book is the story collection Fluid (2023). She is the writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary “High School Prom” (2006), and the librettist of the opera The Passion of Nell, for Long Beach Opera, 2026. She was the Senior Editor, Fiction for the Los Angeles Review of Books from 2016-2021. She lives in Los Angeles and Mendocino.