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Lisa Montanaro

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Lisa Montanaro is part no-nonsense Italian American New Yorker and part sunny Californian. She has a unique background as a performer, teacher of the Deaf, lawyer, coach, speaker, and author. Lisa writes emotionally layered fiction featuring complex characters breaking barriers and fighting to truly be themselves despite obstacles in their way—including the time they live in and societal stigmas.

Her debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True, released January 2025 by Red Adept Publishing. It won first place for Best New Fiction/Debut in the 2025 American Writing Awards, first place for LGBTQ Fiction in the 2024 International Firebird Book Awards, honorable mention for General Fiction in the 2025 Los Angeles Book Festival, and finalist for ...more

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	The Ultimate Life Organizer: An Interactive Guide to a Simpler, Less Stressful, and More Organized Life 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stories on Stage Davis to Perform Scenes from my Novel on December 14th

If you like books, beer, and theater, join me for a special event on Sunday, December 14 from 4-6 PM at Sudwerks Brewery in Davis, CA. Stories on Stage Davis will feature my novel, Everything We Thought Was True, with scenes performed by actress, Lori Russo. This is going to be so special for me. [...]

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Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)

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Everything We Thought Was True

by Lisa Montanaro (Goodreads Author)

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Abandoning the Script

by Linda Rosen (Goodreads Author)

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
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“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
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“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
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