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Lisa Torcasso Downing

Biography

Lisa Downing resides and writes in Heath, Texas. She was the fiction editor for both Sunstone and Irreantum. Her fiction has been featured in Dispensation: Latter-day Fiction and The Best of Mormonism 2009. She is presently working on a novel and a short story collection.

Also Known As

Lisa Downing

Religion

LDS

Connection to Mormonism

LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Parent

Dominic and Valerie Torcasso

Spouse

Bret A. Downing, DDS

Other Biographical Info

Example of work found on page 174 of the Spring 2010 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Birth Place

Alhambra, California

Education

Brigham Young University, BA in English, 1986

Career

Adjunct professor at Collin County Community College

Affiliations

Association for Mormon Letters

Gender

Female

Roles

Author

Language

English

13 Works by Lisa Torcasso Downing

Title	Role	Year	Genre
Room for Solomon	Author		Short Story
Sonata: A Woman's Song of War	Author		Personal Essay
At Bay	Author	2004	Fiction
Crests	Author		Personal Essay
Belonging	Author		Personal Essay
A Wheelchair, Faith, and Chin-ups	Author		Short Story
Kamidana	Author		Short Story
Jana's Secret	Author		Short Story
Deirdre's Secret	Author		Short Story
The Pilfered Papers	Author	2015	Historical Fiction
Straight home	Author	2010	Fiction
The Saga of Beef Gone Bad	Author	2011	Personal Essay
Clothing Esther	Author	2007	Fiction