Lisa Holton

Lisa Holton (born March 15, 1959) is an American business writer and author and a former Business Editor of the "Chicago Sun-Times". Since 1998, she has been principal of The Lisa Company, a writing, editing and research firm based in Evanston, IL. Holton serves corporate, college, nonprofit and editorial clients, and her writing has been featured in such national magazines as "Corporate Board Member", "American Demographics", "the ABA Journal", "Working Mother" and "REALTOR" magazine. She is the author or editor of 11 books, including "For Members Only: A History and Guide to Chicago’s Private Clubs" (Lake Claremont Press) and "The Encyclopedia of Financial Planning (FPA Press)."

Early life

Holton is the daughter of Archie Wilder Holton and Anna Cherepavich Holton, both deceased. Born in Moline, Illinois, Holton lived in the Quad Cities until the age of four when her father, an executive with International Harvester Co., was transferred to Canton, the small central Illinois town that inspired Holton’s screenplay "The Plant," a 2002 quarterfinalist for the [http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship.] The family moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1969. Holton interned at the "Louisville Courier-Journal" after graduating from Eastern High School and graduated in 1981 from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Career

Holton joined the "Chicago Sun-Times" as an intern after graduating from Northwestern and was hired full-time at the paper three months later. In her 15 years at the paper, she covered a variety of beats including banking, personal finance and retailing. She served as assistant business editor and business editor during her tenure. In 1996, she left the paper to join a division of Thomson Media as an editor of a startup banking publication and resigned in late 1997 to start The Lisa Company.

Books Written or Edited by Holton:

*"For Members Only: A History and Guide to Chicago’s Private Clubs", Lake Claremont Press, Winter, 2006.
*"The Encyclopedia of Financial Planning", FPA Press, Fall, 2006.
*"Rental Property Investing: Know When to Buy, Hold and Flip", Socrates Media, 2006.
*"Marketing by the Dashboard Light" by Pat LaPointe, Marketing NPV, 2005.
*"Are You Ready to Incorporate?" Socrates Media, 2005.
*"Buying a Franchise", Socrates Media, 2005.
*"College Majors that Work – A Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing and Using Your College Major" by Michael Viollt, Octameron Associates, 2004.
*"The Essential Dictionary of Real Estate", by Lisa Holton, Barnes & Noble Books, 2003.
*"100 Ways to Cut the High Cost of Attending College" by Michael P. Viollt, Cooper Square Press, 2002.
*"Strategic Planning for the Family Business" by Randel S. Carlock and John L. Ward, Palgrave Press, 2001.
*"How to be a Value Investor" by Lisa Holton, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

External links

*" [http://www.thelisaco.com Lisa Holton's Website]
*" [http://www.midlandauthors.com Society of Midland Authors]
*" [http://www.iwoc.org Independent Writers of Chicago]
*" [http://www.iabcchicago.com International Association of Business Communicators]
*" [http://www.spj.org Society of Professional Journalists]