Lissa Warren is Vice President, Senior Director of Publicity, and Acquiring Editor at Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. She serves on the advisory boards of Bookbuilders of Boston and Beacon Press, and has taught in Emerson College's graduate Writing, Literature, and Publishing program for over a decade. Her most recent book is the memoir The Good Luck Cat: How a Cat Saved a Family, and a Family Saved a Cat. She's also the author of The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Publicity: A Comprehensive Resource—From Building the Buzz to Pitching the Press. Lissa holds a B.S. in English Education from Miami University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Bennington College. Her poetry has appeared in such publications as Quarterly West, Oxford Magazine, Black Warrior Review, and Verse, and she serves as a Poetry Editor for the literary magazine Post Road.