Lisa Braxton

LISA BRAXTON is a former newspaper reporter and television reporter and anchor. She was nominated for an Emmy award during her television career. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University, her MS in journalism from Northwestern University, and her BA in Mass Media from Hampton University. Her stories and essays have been published in anthologies, magazines, and literary journals, including Vermont Literary Review, Clockhouse Review, Northwestern University Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and The Book of Hope. She received Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest magazine’s 84th annual writing contest in the inspirational essay category, and was a Top 10 Finalist for the 2017 Still I Rise Grant for Black Women Writers. She published her first novel, the award-winning The Talking Drum in 2020. www.lisabraxton.com.