Lisa Montanarelli

Lisa Montanarelli is a freelance writer, editor, and longtime environmentalist based in New York City. Self-employed for 10 years, she has co-authored three nonfiction books. The First Year – Hepatitis C: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, which Lisa co-authored with Cara Bruce, was such a success that they produced a thoroughly revised second edition, including the latest medical advances, in 2007.

Lisa’s features, profiles, news stories, and reviews appear in a variety of publications, including San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Art and Antiques Magazine, Agence France-Presse, Publishers Weekly, and California Literary Review. As a freelance editor and marketing consultant, she has helped more than 100 authors improve their writing, as well as the content, structure, and salability of their books. Lisa received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from U.C. Berkeley. Visit her at www.lisamontanarelli.com