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Lisa Simonis lived in Switzerland, New York, Bogotá, Paris, and Boston before making Edinburgh her home.

She began her career with a BFA in Creative Writing, stepped away to pursue academic research, and returned to writing through editorial work with Pass the Mic and Women in Journalism Scotland. Her work has since appeared in The Scotsman, The List, Scottish Field, and Broadway Baby.

Lisa is a PhD student in Classics at the University of Edinburgh.