Lisa Leshne is a literary agent with The Leshne Agency. She has been in the media and entertainment business for 30+ years. In 1991, she co-founded and served for over a decade as Publisher of The Prague Post, the largest English-language newspaper in Central Europe, along with its book division and website. She held positions in NY as Senior Consultant for AccentureÕs Entertainment & Media Group; Executive Director, Strategy and Business Development for Dow Jones; Executive Director, International, for the Wall Street JournalÕs WSJ.com, overseeing advertising, marketing and circulation in Europe and Asia; and Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development, for Ink2, an industry leader in the print-on-demand industry and owner of Cardstore.com (NYSE:AM). Lisa spent the year after Sept. 11, 2001 at the Partnership for New York CityÕs Financial Recovery Fund, evaluating grant applications and providing strategic advice to small businesses destroyed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Prior to founding The Leshne Agency in 2011, Lisa began her career as a literary agent at LJK Literary.

LisaÕs clients include a diverse list of #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer and Polk award-winning, and debut authors across many genres. She is most passionate about memoir and narrative non-fiction that elevate social justice topics, womenÕs issues, and underrepresented voices. She also acquires in the sports, business, political, health and pop-culture genres, and is always seeking exceptional literary and commercial fiction.

Lisa represents many award-winning journalists, including Julissa Arce, Cynthia Brown, Heather Cabot, Dean Calbreath**, Deborah Copaken*, Ken Davidoff, Turney Duff*, Monique El-Faizy, Jennifer Gould, Barry Levine, Daisy Lewellyn (d. 2016), Anetta Nowosielska, and Samantha Walravens, as well as Czech bestselling novelist, memoirist and winner of the Magnesia Litera and Franz Kafka Prizes, Ivan Klima and Screenwriter, novelist and memoirist Leslie Lehr. She represents the business memoir and manifesto LEVEL UP by #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Political leader and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams*, and her business partner at NOW Corp, Lara Hodgson; three-time Olympic gold medalist and the most decorated US soccer player of all-time, former US National Team Captain, Christie Pearce Rampone, Three-time WWE WomenÕs Champion as ÒAJ LeeÓ and mental health advocate, AJ Mendez*, Ultra-marathoner, motivational speaker and Atlanta Hawks co-owner Jesse Itzler*, Celebrity trainer, fitness sensation and creator of the TorchÕd workout, Isaac ÒBootsÓ Calpito; Knicks Superfan Anthony Donahue; Bravo TVÕs Real Housewives of New York star Luann de Lesseps; Hip Hop DJ, producer and rapper with RUN D.M.C. and The Beastie Boys DJ Hurricane, Jukebox the Ghost guitarist and singer Tommy Siegel, Former TOPGUN instructor and defense analyst Commander Guy Snodgrass; Neuropsychologist and brain health expert, Dr. Kristine Keane; Pediatrician and parenting expert Dr. Harley Rotbart; Gastroenterologist, medical journalist and founder of TULA skincare, Dr. Roshini Raj; Disability rights activist Meg Zucker; Photographer and Artist-in-Residence at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Christopher Michel, Survivor Corps founder Diana Berrent; Happiness entrepreneur Scott Simon, New York Law School professor Robert Blecker and Entrepreneurial lawyer Steve Cohen; Artist and Meme King Adam Padilla, and sculptor and artist Randy Polumbo; Author and writing coach Mina Samuels*, and bloggers David Futrelle aka We Hunted the Mammoth, Jill Smokler aka Scary Mommy, Latoya Shauntay Snell aka Running Fat Chef,

*denotes NYT Bestselling author; **denotes Pulitzer and Polk award-winning author

TALENT MANAGEMENT: Lisa manages a select number of her literary and entertainment clients, overseeing business matters, speaking engagements, and advising them over the course of their careers.

Originally from Champaign, Illinois, Lisa has a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has been profiled for entrepreneurial activities on 60 Minutes, Prime Time Live, the BBC, and featured in Fortune, Money, The New York Times, Washington Post, London Times, Advertising Age, Smithsonian and other publications. Lisa is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study on The Prague Post, and has been an invited speaker and panelist at Harvard and Columbia Business Schools. She has two adult children and lives in Manhattan with her husband and their rescue dog, Luna May. Lisa is active on several non-profit boards and in her spare time loves to see Broadway shows and experimental theater. She is a veteran of four New York City marathons and several Olympic-distance triathlons. Lisa is a member of the Association of Author Representatives, the AuthorÕs Guild, the WomenÕs Media Group, and PEN America. She serves on the faculty of The Faulkner SocietyÕs WriterÕs Festival in New Orleans, LA and the Kauai WriterÕs Conference in Kauai, HI.