Biography
Lisa C. Taylor is the author of the novel, The Shape of What Remains (Liminal Press, 2025), two collections of short fiction, most recently Impossibly Small Spaces, and three collections of poetry, most recently Interrogation of Morning (Arlen House/Syracuse University Press, 2022). She also has three poetry chapbooks. She is the co-director of the Mesa Verde Writers Conference and Literary Festival and a former professor of creative writing. She is a fiction editor for the online journal, Wordpeace and she was the poetry editor for Four Corners Voices, the 2025 anthology winner of the Colorado Book Award. Lisa has new poetry in the Irish anthology, Washing Windows V (Arlen House 2025). Lisa is available to present workshops at conferences and retreats around the country and has presented at the Raymond Carver Festival, Write on the Sound, and Durango Literary Festival as well as events in Ireland. Lisa lives in Mancos and is a board member for the Mancos Creative District and Four Corners Writers. She is happy to travel, particularly to coastal places!
Contact: whitewaterwriting@gmail.com or mesaverdewriters@gmail.com
