Lisa Kusel is the author of the psychological thriller The Widow on Dwyer Court, the short story collection Other Fish in the Sea, the novel Hat Trick, and Rash, a memoir about her time living in Bali. When she’s not meditating, cooking, or volunteering at the local food shelf, she can be found wrangling words (as well as her crazy cat, Dave) at her desk overlooking Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. Her forthcoming thriller, Long Way Down, will be published in October 2025.