Lisa Diane Kastner ~ Writing Award Judge

Lisa Diane Kastner, the Founder of Running Wild, LLC, a content creation, distribution, and licensing company, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award.

Lisa Diane Kastner, the Founder of Running Wild, LLC, a content creation, distribution, and licensing company, is judging the Page Turner Writing Award.

Featured in FORBES and several other publications, she’s been named to multiple “Best of”s. A writer and editor for more than twenty years, she has identified talent like the multimillion selling, global phenomenon Jamie Ford’s "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet", best of the year Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett’s "Dark Corners", and completely groundbreaking Shay Galloway’s "The Valley of Sage and Juniper", and many others.

Lisa has been mentored by such legends as Percival Everett who is the current National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize winner; multiaward winning and NYTimes bestseller Jonathan Maberry; and multi-award winning and NYTimes bestseller Jackie Mitchard.

We seek great groundbreaking stories that don't fit neatly in a box.

Lisa began Running Wild with the belief that we can change the world through story. A noted author in her own right, Lisa was a Drexel Scholar, obtained her BS from Drexel University, her MBA from Pennsylvania State University, and her MFA from Fairfield University.

Find out more about Lisa and Running Wild.