Lisa C. Taylor

Lisa C. Taylor's debut novel, The Shape of What Remains, was released in 2025. Her previous publications include the poetry collection, Interrogation of Morning, the short story collection, Impossibly Small Spaces released by Arlen House/Syracuse University Press in 2018, the short story collection, Growing a New Tail, and two other poetry collections, Necessary Silence (2013) and The Other Side of Longing (2011), a collaborative collection with Irish poet and writer Geraldine Mills. She also has two poetry chapbooks. Lisa's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction has been widely published in national and international journals, magazines, and anthologies. A new novel, Like Gravity, Like Love is forthcoming in 2027. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and poetry, she also garnered Best-of-the-Net nominations in both categories and her novel was a Colorado Author's League finalist in the category of mainstream/literary fiction. Lisa won the Hugo House New Works Fiction Award in 2015 and she was a spotlight feature on the AWP (Associated Writing Programs) web site and a two-time mentor in the AWP writer-to-writer program. Lisa teaches online, mentors private students, and facilitates workshops around the country at writers conferences and schools.She is the co-director of the Mesa Verde Writers Conference and Literary Festival and the fiction editor for the online magazine, Wordpeace. Lisa will embark on a national book tour in summer and fall of 2027. Contact her if you'd like her to visit your book group, library, or local bookstore!