About

Lisa Lanser Rose

I’m a dog trainer, an award-winning essayist and fiction writer, and the author of the memoir, For the Love of a Dog, (Harmony Books), and the psychological thriller, Body Sharers, (Rutgers University Press). My new trick dog mystery series is represented by Lori Colvin at Birch Literary.

I’ve also compiled enough essays for a collection, The Naked Australian and Other First Dates: Essays on Mating Without Getting Murdered.  You’ll find writing updates here. 

My complete  CV is on LinkedIn.

The Rose Dogs

My border collies are from the finest working lines in the northeast. Click on their names to learn more. Pictured right from top to bottom:

  • Roo–Mick’s baby brother
  • Mick–the tri-color with a cross on his forehead.
  • Maisie–the elegant smooth coat

 

Over the course of my career, I’ve taught writing and literature, written copy for an advertising firm, directed two college writing centers (Muhlenberg College and Eckerd College), taught English for nine years International Baccalaureate Program, co-directed the Other Words writers conference, founded the women writers’ blog co-op The Gloria Sirens, and hosted the podcast This Animal Life, where I got to interview the authors of books about intelligent creatures.

I discovered that, next to dogs, writers are my favorite animals.

I’m a member of:

  • Sisters in Crime
  • Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Association
  • Florida West Coast Orchid Society

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