Lisa Cerasoli, the founder of 529 Books, works with a diversified and talented editorial & design team, who’ve been fortunate to collaborate with hundreds of talented authors in the last fifteen years, making their publishing dreams a reality. Working full-time in the industry has allowed Lisa to stay up-to-date with its ever-expanding tendencies. Ask her anything! No, really, she loves assisting authors and never tires of industry questions. "We’re all in this together—a network of creative minds. Let's share in this abundant time. There's infinite space available for new talent and the next great story."  

a Little Backstory

Lisa started as a working actor (series regular General Hospital, The Pretender) in Los Angeles. In 2000, she wrote her first feature film. This is how she met her literary manager and movie producer, Ken Atchity. He read her script and dared her to turn it into a book. Two weeks and three chapters later, she was hooked on creative writing. But, this new endeavor came on the heels of family matters. Lisa left the City of Angels to care for her dad back in beautiful Northern Michigan, which is where she lives now in the summer months, until she flees to San Diego to be near her daughter for winter.

Favorite books: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer, and Heartbeat by Sharon Creech. Favorite books on audio: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra (YA Fiction); White Oleander by Janet Fitch read by Oprah Winfrey (Fiction); Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates read by the author (Nonfiction/Memoir). I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes read by Christopher Ragland (spy thriller).

Founder/President of
529 Books

Executive VP of
Story Merchant Books

Author, Editor, WRITING COACH, Filmmaker
with 20+ years experience

Alzheimer's Awareness Advocate

Public Speaker

publications

2023, Silent Mistresses, 3rd installment in the Vatican Chronicles Trilogy by John I Rigoli, Diane Cummings, and Lisa Cerasoli.

2020, Anna Either Way, Winner, Bronze Medal Independent Publishers Juvenile Fiction Book of the Year. Lisa Cerasoli with Illustrations by Rosabel Rosalind.

2019, Tell Your Story to the World...and Sell It for Millions by Dr. Kenneth Atchity and Lisa Cerasoli with Chelsea Mongird

2018, The Gift of Will: Road to Forgiveness, Passageway to the Divine by Marie Palmer and Lisa Cerasoli

2018, As Nora Jo Fades Away (Confessions of a Caregiver—a memoir, 2nd Edition) print, e-book, and audiobook

2016, Through Fire and Rain by Joseph Anselmo and MaryAnn Anselmo, with Lisa Cerasoli

2013, Lucky Number Nine by Rina Tham with Lisa Cerasoli

2012, Fourteen Days with Alzheimer's, a documentary short

2011, Surviving Alzheimer's: 25 TIPS for Caregivers

2009, On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity

awards

Nora Jo Memoir:

Winner: 23rd Annual Independent Publishers Book of the Year; London, Paris, Los Angles, & Hollywood Book Festivals; Foreword Magazine Book of the Year.

14 Days with Alzheimer’s Documentary:

Tampa Film Festival; Audience Choice Award—Life & Death Boulder Film Fest; Women's International Film Festival; LA Film Fest, and a dozen more Official Selections across the country, including an A&E Documentary Selection and Randy Becker’s TV Web Series Winner for Best Unscripted Documentary.

In the news: Lisa’s one-hour pilot, B.F.E.—based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother—is currently in series development.