Elisa (Lisa) Busch

Elisa (Lisa) Busch is the author of the creative nonfiction memoir Close Calls: Voices of Love and Fear (Kindle edition) and the poetry chapbook Conquering Silence (Kindle edition). Close Calls is also available at Barnes & Noble, and you can browse Apple Books.

Her work appears in Magnets and Ladders, from the writers’ organization Behind Our Eyes. Two pieces also appear in their anthology, Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look, and Lisa serves as President of Behind Our Eyes.

Lisa’s writing has been shared in church newsletters, the Pennsylvania Council of the Blind (where she serves on the executive board), and with the Golden Triangle Chapter in Pittsburgh (where she serves as secretary).

Media & talks include an appearance on the In Perspective podcast (Episode for May 16, 2025). Audio from her Close Calls book launch is available via Behind Our Eyes.

Education & work: BA in English from Lock Haven State College (now Commonwealth University—Lock Haven) and an MS in Rehabilitation Counseling at UMass Boston. Lisa worked as a proofreader at National Braille Press and as a teacher’s aide for a visually impaired student at Jacobs Elementary, Hull Public Schools. She has taken classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and The Writer’s Center (Bethesda, MD).