The Books
Lisa Francesca wrote The Wedding Officiant's Guide: How to Write and Conduct a Perfect Ceremony (Chronicle Books, 2014), based on her dozen years of officiating at weddings. The book also contains numerous interviews with both new wedding officiants and seasoned wedding planners.
The Author
Lisa earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at San Jose State University. She is working on a new book. Other writing includes:
This page was updated in July, 2020. Photo by Debra Carpenter..
Lisa Francesca wrote The Wedding Officiant's Guide: How to Write and Conduct a Perfect Ceremony (Chronicle Books, 2014), based on her dozen years of officiating at weddings. The book also contains numerous interviews with both new wedding officiants and seasoned wedding planners.
- Reviews and interviews: The Right Word; The Journal-Record's Periscope; Erica Goss, Poet; more here.
- In 2020, she published Helen and the Masters: A Portrait of a California Mystic, a lyric biography of her great-grandmother. This book explores the internal and environmental factors that might transform a rather ordinary person into a medium and a mystic. With vivid descriptions of turn-of-the century Oakland, the Delta, and California's Sierra, this book also explores Helen’s writing process and includes several passages that she channeled.
- Read more about the book. Excerpts of the book were published in the Summer 2020 issue of Catamaran Literary Reader.
The Author
Lisa earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at San Jose State University. She is working on a new book. Other writing includes:
- Book reviews in Yoga Teacher Magazine.
- A lyric essay about trees in About Place Journal.
This page was updated in July, 2020. Photo by Debra Carpenter..
