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Liza Lentini spent a year interviewing real-life mistresses for a prospective “how to”, which she then fictionalized and turned into her novel, How to Be a Mistress.  In years prior she worked in the self-help industry ghosting, structuring, and coaching authors on their books and articles, most notably best-selling authors Barbara Sher (Barbara Sher’s Idea Book, Dare to Live Your Dream Audio Series) and Dorothy Leeds (PowerSpeak). 

She has written for such varied publications as the men’s magazine Gear, the literary journal Grit, and the science magazine Discover, which published her ground-breaking investigative feature on a rare brain disorder in children called Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (November 2007).  In October 2007 Discover also published her feature One Universe Under God: Creationism battles for the hearts and minds of America’s teachers, which was honored by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE).

As a playwright, she has been produced world-wide since the age of 19, winning honors from The Pinter Review Prize for Drama, Trusts Playwrights’ Festival, Playwrights First, Great Platte River Playwrights’ Festival, the Lillian Hellman Prize for Drama, and the Siena College International Playwriting Contest, among others. In 2007 Liza was chosen as Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Playwright in Residence.  Liza operated her own writing workshop in midtown Manhattan from 2001-2008 teaching her 8-week, story-based method.

From 2006-2010, Liza founded and managed Elephant Ensemble Theater, a charitable organization which toured New York City hospitals with educational, interactive plays Liza wrote herself.

Currently, Liza’s researching and writing a book about famed children’s book author/illustrator Robert Tallon as a commission from The American Illustrator’s Gallery.  She also writes lifestyle pieces for the Caribbean-based monthly Pure magazine.

Liza received her undergrad degree in English Dramatic Literature from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and her MFA in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

She is a member of the New York City Writers’ Group, the Romance Writers of America, and the Dramatists Guild.

 

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