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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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Embracing the Quiet of Winter

The holiday season comes with a sense of urgency that can feel both exciting and overwhelming. While most people often find the holidays to be a busy and chaotic time of year (albeit a joyful one too!), I have a tradition of taking time in December to slow down, catch up, and relax. My calendar [...]

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The Sicilian Inheritance

by Jo Piazza (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: historical-fiction, currently-reading, family-drama-saga, italy-and-italian

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Someday, Now: A Memoir of Family, Reclaiming Possibility, and One Sicilian Summer

by Tembi Locke (Goodreads Author)

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

by Jessica Brody (Goodreads Author)

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