Lisa Tener Bio
Award-Winning Author, Book Coach & Creativity Catalyst
Lisa Tener is a Stevie-award winning book coach, author and creativity catalyst, known for helping writers easily access creative flow, free their voice, and write life-changing—and award-winning—books.
Her newest book debuts June 12, 2024: Breathe. Write. Breathe.: 18 Energizing Practices to Spark Your Writing and Free Your Voice. Lisa shares, "I wrote Breathe. Write. Breathe. to share the powerful, ancient practices that have opened me, my clients and students to instant creative flow and inspiration to produce our best writing. It works for professionals, novices and anyone who wants—or needs—to write."
Lisa Tener's previous book, The Joy of Writing Journal, helps people connect with their creativity, purpose and wellbeing through journaling. The book won five prestigious awards including the Nautilus, IPPY and Benjamin Franklin Book Awards.
Lisa's clients have signed 5- and 6-figure publishing deals with dozens of publishers, including Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette—and they have appeared throughout national media: Today, Good Morning America, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
Lisa has been quoted in the New York Times, Vice, Market Watch, Organic Spa and has appeared on national and local TV, including CNN’s HLN Weekend Express, ABC World News, PBS TV, Fox News, PIX 11 News NY and dozens of podcasts and other media.
Lisa served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course for over a dozen years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in management from MIT. Lisa incorporates Qigong and Polarity Yoga for creative flow and is certified by RP Qigong to teach Empowerments and Happiness Qigong. She studied Polarity Therapy and Polarity Yoga at the former Polarity Therapy Institute in Watertown, MA.
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Testimonials
Wrote a First Draft in 8 Weeks!
Lisa is astonishingly good at what she does. She gives it her all. I participated in Lisa’s “Bring Your Book to Life” program. The intention was to create a first draft of a book in…
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“Signed with the #1 Agent on My List”
“Lisa played a big role in helping me find my way from being a writer to published author. When I felt frustrated and overwhelmed by the book publishing industry, just reading Lisa’s emails and blog…
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MD Nails a Book Deal & 4 Book Awards!
“Not a Real Enemy, the story of my father’s miraculous survival through World War II and the Holocaust, won a prestigious Nautilus Award, Living Now Book Award, National Indie Excellence Award and Readers’ Choice. I…
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Published by Rowman & Littlefield
“I could cry (for joy) at how helpful Lisa Tener’s Quick Start was! I have been trying to get that book written for two years. In under two weeks of using the Quick Start Program,…
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“Awestruck by the Publisher’s Offer”
“Lisa Tener is an amazing coach and so much more. One day I was googling online for ideas on how to write a nonfiction book, when I stumbled upon her web page. I continued on…
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Two Awards & “Instrumental in My Work Supporting Healthcare Workers”
“I signed up for Bring Your book to Life® Thanksgiving weekend. By February, Lisa’s materials and consultation had helped me develop a structure to set Deeper into Mindfulness apart from other mindfulness books on the market. “The course…
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