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Lisa McCarthy

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in Pontiac, The United States

January 17, 1986

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Poetry, Christian, Self Help

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Lisa McCarthy is an award-winning poet whose work centers on healing, faith, resilience, and personal transformation.
Her collection Unleashing the Power Within: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Poetry received the Literary Titan Gold Book Award (Poetry, 2026), the Global Book Awards Gold Medal (Poetry – Verse, 2025), and the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Bronze Medal (Poetry – Inspirational, 2025).
Her collection Inspiring Book of Poems, Dreams and Stories received the Literary Titan Gold Book Award (Poetry, 2026) and the Global Book Awards Bronze Medal (Poetry – Verse, 2025).
Lisa began writing poetry in seventh grade after reading a poem that reminded her of a childhood memory of picking raspberries in her grandmother's gar ...more

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	Unleashing the Power Within: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Poetry 4.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Global Book Awards 2025 Bronze Winner for Inspiring Book of Poems, Dreams, and Stories

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You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

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