about

Shortest (19 words)
LISA RABEY (she/they) is a GenXer about town. Her favorite Elizabeth Bennet is Keira Knightly. Lisa is @heroineinabook.

Short (51 words)
Lisa Rabey (she/they) is a GenXer about town. Her work is published in Backward Trajectory, tiny wren lit, 50-Word Stories, the drabble, and others. She lives in the Midwest with her persnickety pug and her husband who she sometimes likes. Her favorite Elizabeth Bennet is Keira Knightly. She is @heroineinabook.

Medium (96 words)
LISA RABEY (she/they) contains multitudes and makes a delightful addition to trivia teams. She is an aging alternative hipster and loves Doctor Who, Guinness, and Jane Austen in equal measure. Her work is published in Backward Trajectory, tiny wren lit, 50-Word Stories, the drabble, and others. Lisa watches a lot of reality and period television and reads heaving bosom books. She currently lives in the Midwest with her husband and persnickety pug. Her favorite Elizabeth Bennet is Keira Knightley. She writes a GenXer about town newsletter. You can find her across the internets as @herioneinabook.

Long (153 words)
LISA RABEY (she/they) is the internet. She started her first blog on Geocities in 1996 and is now at Substack where she writes as a GenXer about town newsletter.

When she was young, Lisa wanted to write for Rolling Stone but ended up working everywhere from a meat packing plant to managing a liquor store to academic librarianship with a multitude of stops along the way.

Lisa has written on a wide breadth of topics ranging from mental health, reviews, creative non-fiction, prose, and poetry. You can find a list of her work at Lisa Writes Stuff.

She loves Guinness and Jane Austen in equal measure. Lisa watches a lot of reality and period television and reads heaving bosom books. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and a persnickety pug named Thursday. Lisa loves to travel the world literally and figuratively.

You can find her across the internets as @heroineinabook.

It’s a pleasure to meet you.