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Lisa Collier Cool is a bestselling author and winner of 18 journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award for Personal Service. She was first published at age 9 in Ladies Home Journal (a letter to the editor) and as a professional writer has more than one million words in print including articles for American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’, Pause Magazine, Essence, Family Circle, Fitness, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, Health Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, Oprah Magazine, Parade, Prevention, Reader’s Digest, SELF, and the Wall Street Journal. A past president of American Society of Journalists and Authors, Lisa is also lead health blogger for General Electric’s Healthymagination Blog, which highlights medical news, innovations and technologies that are advancing healthcare. She was literally the ghostwriter (with retired NYPD sergeant Ralph Sarchie) of the bestseller Beware the Night: A NYC Cop Investigates the Supernatural (St. Martin’s Press, movie rights sold to Jerry Bruckheimer at Disney Pictures) and attended an exorcism as part of her research. Her other books include How to Write Irresistible Query Letters and Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live With Them, When to Leave Them (with Beverly Hills psychiatrist Carole Lieberman, MD). Lisa’s life is a bit confusing because almost everyone she works with is also named Lisa. She’s writing a book called Beat the Heart Attack Gene with coauthors Dr. Bradley Bale and Amy Doneen, ARNP, about their evidence-based method of preventing heart disease, strokes and type 2 diabetes (www.baledoneen.com) Lisa loves snorkeling, tennis, and swimming with dolphins. A native New Yorker, she is married, with three daughters (including identical twins) and two badly behaved border terriers. Her website is www.lisacolliercool.com. Lisa can be followed at www.facebook.com/lisacolliercool and www.twitter.com/lisacolliercool.