Bio

Jenny Lisk is a nonfiction publishing and marketing strategist and adjunct faculty member at Bellevue College, where she teaches adult learners how to turn their memoir or other nonfiction manuscript into a polished, professionally published book.

She is also an award-winning author and long-time podcast host. Her books, including a memoir and an anthology, and her podcast, the Widowed Parent Podcast, guide the journey of solo parenting after loss.

At once obsessed with big-picture strategy and hyper-focused on details, Jenny loves working with nonfiction authors on all aspects of publishing and marketing. She specializes in strategic platform development for authors seeking to make a difference in the world.

Jenny holds an MBA from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business and multiple certifications in digital marketing. She is a certified PMI Project Management Professional and a certified Professional Scrum Master (Levels 1 & 2), and spent twenty years leading transformation projects on five continents for IBM. She is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Nonfiction Authors Association.

Bio (short)

Jenny Lisk is a nonfiction publishing and marketing strategist and adjunct faculty member at Bellevue College, where she teaches adult learners how to turn their memoir or other nonfiction manuscript into a polished, professionally published book. Her own books, including a memoir and an anthology, and her podcast, the Widowed Parent Podcast, guide the journey of solo parenting after loss. Jenny holds an MBA from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business and multiple certifications in digital marketing and project management. She spent the first two decades of her career at a large tech company.