lisa j. graff

Lisa Graff is a novelist, essayist, columnist, and teacher. Several of her essays were published in the Washington Post. One, ＂No Teacher Can Compensate for Neglect Many Kids Suffer at Home,＂ was the winner of the AAUW Mass Communications Award. Graff’s essay about her family, ＂My Father’s Death from Alcohol,＂ appeared in Woman’s World.

Graff published a regular column in the Gaithersburg Gazette and writes a bimonthly column for the Cape Gazette.

Graff received her bachelor’s degree in speech communications and English from Frostburg University and her master’s degree in theater from Northwestern University. She spent her career teaching English, speech, drama, and ESL in Maryland’s public schools. Graff retired in 2010 and now lives in Lewes, Delaware. She enjoys participating in the Rehoboth Writers Guild and writing. She is currently working on a children’s book, Sassy the School Bus Kitten.