# An Interview with author Lisa Montanaro, Episode 49

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Podcast: [Authors Talking Bookish](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-talking-bookish-6426830)
Published: 2025-07-01T21:00:25+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/authorstalkingbookish/2077906
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## Resource

Bio: Lisa Montanaro is the author of the debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True , which released in January 2025, by Red Adept Publishing, and won first place for LGBTQ Fiction in the International Firebird Book Awards and Honorable Mention from the Los Angeles Book Festival. At turns heartbreaking and hopeful, the novel explores not only the consequences of secrets—even secrets kept out of love—but also the courage it takes to speak the truth, to forgive, and to let go. Lisa is part no-nonsense Italian American New Yorker and part sunny Californian. She has a unique background as a performer, teacher of deaf students, lawyer, coach, speaker, and author. Lisa is also the author of The Ultimate Life Organizer, published by Peter Pauper Press. She serves as webinar host for the Women's Fiction Writers Association and as facilitator of the Retro COLAGE group for adult children of LGBTQ parents. When not writing, Lisa enjoys cycling and hiking with her veterinarian husband, tending to her garden, and chasing after her rescue dogs. Lisa has enjoyed living snow-free since 2012 in Northern California, where she’s made it her mission to sample the wines of the region. SOURCES & LINKS Author Website: http://www.LisaMontanaroWrites.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LisaMontanaroAuthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.montanaro/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lisa.montanaro BlueSky: https://lisamontanaro.bsky.social TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisamontanaroauthor Amazon Author Central: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lisa-Montanaro/author/B00585O2TC Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4985348.Lisa_Montanaro BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/786071194 Full Show Notes are available on our website as well as free downloads mentioned in…

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