Lisa Graff
Author | Lewes, Delaware USA
Lisa Graff was born and raised in the DC metropolitan area, before her retirement in 2010, to the historic town of Lewes, Delaware. A 1972 graduate of Robert E. Peary High School, she completed a bachelors degree from Frostburg State in 1976 and is listed in the Who’s who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1975-197.... more
Lisa Graff was born and raised in the DC metropolitan area, before her retirement in 2010, to the historic town of Lewes, Delaware. A 1972 graduate of Robert E. Peary High School, she completed a bachelors degree from Frostburg State in 1976 and is listed in the Who’s who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1975-1976. In 1979, she earned a Masters in theater from Northwestern University and has numerous acting credits from local community theaters. She taught grades K-12 in Maryland’s Montgomery County Public School system and became a leader in the field of English as a second language in grades K-5, facilitating workshops for new teachers and writing and implementing new curriculum. Ms. Although Find Me Alone is her debut novel, Graff is an accomplished author. Her credits in The Washington Post include “My father, my son” (March 19, 2011) “No teacher can Compensate for Neglect Many Kids Suffer at Home” (November 3, 1991, awarded the Mass Communications Award by the Metropolitan Area Mass Media Committee in 1992) “Labor’s Pains” (Health, 1995) and “Code Blues Brought Fear to Classrooms.” (Montgomery Extra, October 2, 2003) “My Father’s Death from Alcohol” appeared in 1990 in Woman’s World Magazine. Lisa wrote a regular column in the Gaithersburg Gazette, about her beloved neighborhood of Woodland Hills, and was a regular contributor to a weekly column called Class Acts in Education. Her column Retirement 101 is published bi-monthly in the Cape Gazette. She is an active member of the Rehoboth Writers Guild and AAUW. Lisa loves to read and enjoys traveling and spending time with friends, husband Ray, her children and grandchildren.