Writer,Dancer, LISA KASTNER - JUNE 7th -

Lisa will share her experiences in advancing, through determination, will, luck and academic pursuits, to achieve academic, social, and financial success. Lisa can also share her experiences in the pursuit of writing and her personal development in the craft of writing. A former correspondent for the Philadelphia Theatre Review and Features Editor for the Picolata Review, Lisa currently writes freelance and by invitation in literature and the arts. Her literary interviews include Charles Baxter (Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature 1997) and Lee Martin (Pulitzer Prize Nominee 2006). Lisa is a former President of Pennwriters (www.pennwriters.com), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting the novice to award-winning and multi-published writers to learn and succeed in the craft. She is the founder of the Pennwriters King of Prussia Critique Group and the Philadelphia Critique Group. She is also the founder of the Philadelphia Writers Workshop. Lisa leads workshops on business communications at writers conferences. Lisa is also the Founding Director of Running Wild Writers Community, www.runningwildwriters.org dedicated to providing venues for up and coming writers to learn and excel in the craft of writing.  We welcome writers from all forms, all genres, Lisa is a graduate of Drexel University and received her MBA from Pennsylvania State University. She has received academic awards and scholarships from both institutions. No stranger to the spotlight, Lisa's initial flirtation with celebrity was as a dancer on Dancin' On Air, and a dancer and co-host on Dance Party USA. She lives in the Rittenhouse area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.