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Lisa Towles is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling crime novelist and a passionate speaker on the topics of fiction writing, creativity, and self care. Lisa has 12 crime novels in print with a new thriller, Specimen, forthcoming in December of 2024. The first two books of her E&A Investigations Series (Hot House and Salt Island) were both #1 Amazon Kindle Bestsellers with Book 2 (Switch) due for release in the Fall of 2024. Lisa also writes standalone thrillers, such as Codex, Terror Bay, The Ridders, and Ninety-Five, among others. Lisa is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She has an MBA in IT Management and works full-time in the tech industry.

Read more about Lisa’s book on her publisher’s website.

Upcoming 2024 book promotion events in the San Francisco Bay Area:

  • Thursday, December 12 - Brooklyn West Winery, Jack London Square, Oakland, 6-8pm. Join us for a Wine Tasting at an award-winning winery and booksigning

  • TBD

Forthcoming - Specimen (Indies United) - December 2024

Published Titles

  • Codex (Indies United, 2024)

  • Terror Bay (Indies United, 2023)

  • Salt Island (Indies United, 2023)

  • Choke (Reprint) (Indies United, 2023)

  • The Ridders (Indies United, 2022)

  • Hot House (Indies United, 2022)

  • Ninety-Five (Indies United, 2021)

  • The Unseen (9mm Press, 2019)

  • Choke (Rebel ePublishers, 2017)

Published under the name Lisa Polisar

  • Escape: Dark Mystery Tales (collection) (Nukeworks, 2010)

  • The Ghost of Mary Prairie (University of New Mexico Press, 2007)

  • Blackwater Tango (Hilliard and Harris, 2002)

  • Knee Deep (Port Town Publishing, 2001)

Videos are typically 1:00 to 1:30 and include book trailers, business/corporate, inspirational, marketing, and event videos. If you’re interested in working with Lisa on a video project, email lisamarietowles@gmail.com to start a conversation.

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Strategic Self Care

Strategic Self Care is for business leaders and visionaries, writers and innovators, movers and shakers. It brings awareness to the parts of ourselves we historically ignore to draw deeper meaning and fulfillment from our work. It’s a set of practices that brings strategy to identifying what you really want, understanding your why, and creating space for positive change.