ABOUT LISA
Lisa Locascio was born in Chicago and raised in River Forest, Illinois. She has received honors and support for her writing from Young Chicago Authors, the National Association for the Advancement of the Arts , New York University, Western Michigan University, the University of Southern California, and several other institutions. Lisa holds two degrees from New York University (BA in Individualized Study, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, 2007; MFA in Fiction Writing, College of Arts and Sciences, 2009), where she also worked as an instructor of creative writing. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is currently a PhD student in Creative Writing and Literature and an Assistant Lecturer in the Thematic Option program at the University of Southern California.
