Lisa Holton has spent more than 25 years as a financial writer, editor and author. She also researches and produces video for web and television.
A former Business Editor and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Lisa has been a busy writer and consultant for publications, corporations, associations and universities since 1998. She specializes in writing about business, healthcare, personal finance and workplace topics and has 14 books to her credit -- half as author, the other half as ghostwriter for busy executives and academics.
In 2009, she helped form Really Simple Video, a production partnership that brings web video to her client base. She handles research, writing and interviewing duties on podcasts, historical documentaries and company videos. She also writes print, script and social media copy for these clients.
Since starting The Lisa Company, Holton has written for a variety of national magazines and newspapers including Corporate Board Member, the American Bar Association Journal, Parents, American Demographics, Latina, Working Mother, the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune.
Lisa is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a current member and former national board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). She also belongs to the Authors Guild, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Society of Midland Authors. In her spare time, Holton writes screenplays and is addicted to movies and theater. Her feature screenplay "The Plant" was a quarterfinalist for the 2002 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She has attended the film program at Chicago's Columbia College and completed film production courses at Chicago Filmmakers Workshop. A native of Moline, Ill., Holton grew up in downstate Illinois and Louisville, Ky. She considers the Windy City her home but shuttles between Chicago, Louisville and Los Angeles on projects. She lives in suburban Evanston with her dog Earl.
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