
Lisa Meltzer Penn writes layered, lyrical fiction that explores the ways landscapes, both exterior and interior, seduce us. Her short fiction and creative non-fiction has appeared in multiple Fault Zone anthologies, Travelers Tales: Spain and other literary publications, won awards, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Lisa is founding editor of the Fault Zone anthology series for the California Writers Club San Francisco Peninsula branch, where she is Past President, and recipient of both the Jack London Award and Louise Boggess Awards. A former New York editor of bestselling middle grade and young adult fiction, she currently freelance edits and and is known for digging into the bones of a story to bring out the best in it. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.