About Lisa Rogers

Lisa Rogers is an elementary school librarian and former newspaper reporter and editor. She is the award-winning author of 16 WORDS: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND THE RED WHEELBARROW, illustrated by Chuck Groenink (Random House/Schwartz and Wade Books, 2019) and HOUND WON’T GO, illustrated by Meg Ishihara (Albert Whitman, 2020). She holds a bachelor’s degree from The College of William and Mary and a master’s degree from Boston College, both in English Literature. She also holds a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Southern Connecticut State University. She specializes in picture book biographies. A native of the New Jersey shore, she lives outside Boston with her family and hound dog and is a four-time runner of the Boston Marathon. She is a member of SCBWI, the Authors Guild, the 12 x 12 writing community, and the Writers’ Loft in Sherborn, Mass.