I'm a voracious reader - I read while I'm drying my hair, while I'm on hold with the phone company... I learned to write by studying the classics, and I learned to write mysteries by reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. I'm also a professional jazz flutist and I've been a musician for thirty years.

I have written 6 books, thirty-five short stories, twenty articles and volumes of poetry. Two of my mystery novels will be published in 2002 and 2003, and I've had 20 stories published in various online and print literary journals.

Keep a lookout for "Blackwater Tango" (release October, 2002) and "Knee Deep" (release December, 2003). My short stories have been published in print magazines (Thought and Scrawl) as well as online literary journals such as Carve, Aileron, Steel Caves, Moondance, New Mystery Reader, Conundrum, Nefarious - Tales of Mystery, 12 Gauge Review, The Prose Menagerie, and Kimera. I'm currently working on another psychological thriller.

Lisa Polisar, Mystery Writer
Check out my new website to get information on the release of my debut thriller, "Blackwater Tango," to read excerpts, and see photographs of the creepy island where it all takes place.

Sisters in Crime October Guest Author
Read an excerpt of "Blackwater Tango," a synopsis, participate in my book giveaway contest and read an Interview of me by Lynn Kinnamon.

Carve Magazine
Look for my short story "The Outside Clan" in the archives of Carve Magazine (January, 2002). My story "The Fishing Quarter" will appear in the June, 2002 issue of Carve Magazine as well.

Conundrum Mystery Magazine
Look for my short mystery stories "Edge of Bliss" and "English Parlor" - two English mysteries that take place in Exeter where I lived in 1989.