,
Lisa Montanaro

year in books

Lisa Montanaro’s Followers (187)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Lori Boyd
2,042 books | 662 friends

Ksorb
771 books | 5 friends

Kimberl...
1,073 books | 75 friends

Erin Summ
260 books | 378 friends

Kitty J...
158 books | 17 friends

Paul E
480 books | 1,009 friends

Rebecca
10,434 books | 612 friends

Quo
Quo
404 books | 220 friends

More friends…

Lisa Montanaro

Goodreads Author


Born
in New York, The United States
Website

Genre

Influences

Member Since
December 2012

URL


Lisa Montanaro is part no-nonsense Italian American New Yorker and part sunny Californian. She has a unique background as a performer, teacher of the Deaf, lawyer, coach, speaker, and author. Lisa writes emotionally layered fiction featuring complex characters breaking barriers and fighting to truly be themselves despite obstacles in their way—including the time they live in and societal stigmas.

Her debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True, released January 2025 by Red Adept Publishing. It won first place for Best New Fiction/Debut in the 2025 American Writing Awards, first place for LGBTQ Fiction in the 2024 International Firebird Book Awards, honorable mention for General Fiction in the 2025 Los Angeles Book Festival, and finalist for
...more

To ask Lisa Montanaro questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Lisa Montanaro This question is easy for me as my debut novel is based on a family secret! Everything We Thought Was True, is a deeply personal, but fictional, novel…moreThis question is easy for me as my debut novel is based on a family secret! Everything We Thought Was True, is a deeply personal, but fictional, novel inspired by my family’s unique story. It's told in dual timeline and deconstructs a secret that forever shapes an Italian American family, through the perspective of three distinct characters—a husband and wife in the past story from the late 1960s to 1990s, and their adult daughter in the contemporary story in summer 2015. All three characters are grappling with the right and the nerve to live according to the desires of their heart rather than the limiting expectations of the world around them and within them. (less)
Lisa Montanaro I'd like to visit The House in the Cerulean Sea in the fictional world created by T.J. Klune. I just finished reading that book and would love to hang…moreI'd like to visit The House in the Cerulean Sea in the fictional world created by T.J. Klune. I just finished reading that book and would love to hang out with the characters on the magical island of Marsyas.(less)
Average rating: 4.54 · 178 ratings · 86 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
Everything We Thought Was True

4.56 avg rating — 169 ratings5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Ultimate Life Organizer...

4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Stories on Stage Davis to Perform Scenes from my Novel on December 14th

If you like books, beer, and theater, join me for a special event on Sunday, December 14 from 4-6 PM at Sudwerks Brewery in Davis, CA. Stories on Stage Davis will feature my novel, Everything We Thought Was True, with scenes performed by actress, Lori Russo. This is going to be so special for me. [...]
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on November 25, 2025 08:20
My Friends
Lisa Montanaro is currently reading
by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Abandoning the Sc...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Lisa’s Recent Updates

Lisa Montanaro rated a book really liked it
The Dollhouse by Fiona  Davis
The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lisa Montanaro started reading
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lisa Montanaro finished reading
The Dollhouse by Fiona  Davis
The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lisa Montanaro wants to read
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lisa Montanaro started reading
Everything We Thought Was True by Lisa Montanaro
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lisa Montanaro rated a book it was amazing
Love's Journey Home by Gabi Coatsworth
Love's Journey Home
by Gabi Coatsworth (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
A beautiful, painful, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming memoir about two people who find their way to each other, lose each other, and find their way to each other again. Filled with pain, longing, honesty, beauty, and love. I shed some tears but als ...more
Love's Journey Home by Gabi Coatsworth
"I can't write a review - it's my book! But I love that people are loving it and finding it hard to put down, which I didn't expect. I hope anyone reading this will love it too..."
Lisa Montanaro rated a book it was amazing
Soul Dancing by Gail Priest
Soul Dancing
by Gail Priest (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
If you like speculative fiction, romance, deep character development, and second chances, you’ll love this book! Such an original premise and executed beautifully. Fast paced, with two distinct points of view, one female and one male. An immersive re ...more
Lisa Montanaro rated a book it was amazing
A Collingswood Christmas by Gail Priest
Rate this book
Clear rating
Charming and romantic Christmas novella with depth to the story and characters. Delightful! Also loved the author’s dedication at the beginning and note at the end giving you some insights into what inspired the story and why she set it in that town.
Lisa Montanaro entered a giveaway
It Happened One Murder by Liz Lawson
It Happened One Murder
by Liz Lawson (Goodreads Author)
2 copies available, ends on January 18, 2026 Enter to win »
More of Lisa's books…
Helen Keller
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
Helen Keller

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Helen Keller
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
Helen Keller, The Open Door

Helen Keller
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
Helen Keller

Helen Keller
“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
Helen Keller

220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 306625 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
No comments have been added yet.