Lisa Kusel is the author of the psychological thriller The Widow on Dwyer Court. Before publishing her first novel in 2002, Lisa created Microsoft's first online arts magazine, coordinated recycling for the EPA, and sold Maybelline cosmetics in Russia. Her other works include "Other Fish in the Sea," Hat Trick, and Rash, her memoir about living in Bali. She has an MA in anthropology from Brown University and has been a writing resident at Vermont Studio Center, the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, and Chateau de Orquevaux. When she's not volunteering with the local food shelf, meditating, or cooking, Lisa can be found wrangling words (as well as her crazy cat, Dave) at her desk overlooking Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. Her next book, a murder mystery set in the foothills of northern California, will be released in 2025.