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Lisa Torcasso Downing

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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.
Lisa Downing
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Dominic and Valerie Torcasso
Bret A. Downing, DDS
Example of work found on page 174 of the Spring 2010 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
Alhambra, California
Brigham Young University, BA in English, 1986
Adjunct professor at Collin County Community College
Association for Mormon Letters
Female
Author
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
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