Alisa Kwitney was destined to be a writer. She is the daughter of science fiction writer Robert Scheckley and journalist Ziva Kwitney. Kwitney attended Wesleyan University and found a mentor is sci-fi/fantasy author Kit Reed. After graduating, she left Manhattan for Miami, working as a newspaper reporter. She returned to New York later to attend Columbia’s MFA program in fiction. After the program ended, Kwitney applied for an assistant editor position at Silhouette and DC Comics, where she began working for Karen Berger. She went on to become a full editor at Vertigo, a mature/dark fantasy imprint of the DC Comics. Seven years later, she left to begin writing full time.
Alisa Kwitney writes many different genres, including chick lit, comics, young adult, science fiction and fantasy-paranormal. She publishes science fiction and fantasy-paranormal books under the name Alisa Sheckley. Other genres are published under Alisa Kwitney. Her published chick lit novels are: The Dominant Blonde, Does She or Doesn’t She, On the Couch,, and Sex as a Second Language.
Alisa Kwitney currently lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband, son and daughter.
Official Website: http://www.alisakwitney.com/
