Lisa Teasley | |
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Born | July 22, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Literary Fiction |
Notable works | Dive, Heat Signature, Glow in the Dark |
Lisa Teasley is an American writer and artist. Her first book, the story collection Glow in the Dark (2002)[1] won the Gold Pen[2] and Pacificus Foundation[3] awards. Her second and third books, the novels Dive (2004)[4] and Heat Signature (2006),[5] address gender, race, intercultural and justice issues. She is the writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary “High School Prom” (2006).[6] She is the Senior Editor, Fiction for the Los Angeles Review of Books.[7] She lives in Los Angeles.[8]
Lisa Teasley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to Larkin Teasley and Violet Williams. Her father is African-American, her mother is Panamanian. Teasley studied English literature and Creative Writing at UCLA.[9] She studied art on summer scholarship at Otis/Parsons. Her first job was a paid internship with the Los Angeles Times, and then she worked as a researcher for Forbes magazine.[10]
Lisa Teasley is also a visual artist. As a painter, she has had a one-woman show at the Watts Towers Art Center,[11] with John Outterbridge as director and curator. Her group shows include Brockman Gallery,[11] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Rental & Sales Gallery,[11] and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.[11] Teasley was a member of the former art collective HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican?, aka the Yams, who debuted their first film at the 2014 Whitney Biennial.[11]