Short Bio
Lisa Romeo is the author of Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter’s Memoir of Love after Loss (University of Nevada Press, May 2018).
Her work has been nominated several times for Best American Essays, and is listed in Notables in Best American Essays 2016 and 2018. Her creative nonfiction is published in literary and popular media, including the New York Times, O The Oprah Magazine, Brevity, Longreads, Under the Sun, Full Grown People, and many other places.
Lisa is thesis director for Bay Path University’s MFA program. She's previously taught creative nonfiction at Montclair State University and Rutgers University. She currently teaches in several locations for The Writers Circle in New Jersey, coaches writers privately, and is a freelance book editor.
A former equestrian journalist, public relations specialist, and real estate troubleshooter, Lisa completed an MFA degree at Stonecoast (University of Southern Maine), and earned a BS in journalism from Newhouse (Syracuse University).
She lives in northern New Jersey with her husband and sons.
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