Lisa Clifford
Author, Journalist
I was seventeen years old and as I watched my step on the suicidally thin strips of footpath, I never imagined that I would marry one of the Italian boys on the Vespas that shot up and down the tiny, medieval streets of Florence.
But one year after arriving in Florence to study Italian, I did fall in love. There followed eighteen years of going back and forth between Italy and Sydney, trying to decide where to live. During these early years of oscillation, I won a scholarship to the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. After graduating, I became a radio journalist and reported for 2GB, Kiis FM and corresponded for the ABC, 2UE and the American Radio News Network. Ultimately I moved into television news and while Associate Producer with Channel 10 I wrote my first book – Walking Sydney, A Guide to 25 of Sydney’s Best Walks.
The move to live permanently in Italy brought me two beautiful babies. Three books followed – The Promise, Death in the Mountains and Naples: A Way of Love. My current work in progress keeps me busy traveling all over Italy. I hope you’ll join me for writing tips, formulas, updates and manuscript developments on my blog.
After four decades of living in and writing about Italy, I decided it was time to share what I have learned here in Tuscany by helping other writers achieve their dreams. My Art of Writing retreats are for beginning, emerging and established writers. We bring famous publishers and published authors to Florence to teach and share their journeys.
I hope you can join me. I’d love to meet you and help you take your idea to novel, in what I think is the perfect environment for creativity.
— Lisa Clifford
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