Lisa Lenard-Cook is the author of the award-winning "Dissonance" and "Coyote Morning," and "The Mind of Your Story," a book about fiction writing. Her short fiction and essays have been published in numerous journals, including "The Southwest Review" and "Puerto del Sol." Lisa was a member of the English department faculty at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado throughout the 1990's. She's a faculty member at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Narrative Art Center in Santa Fe, Writerseducation.com, and The Writer's Garret in Dallas.