Lisa Marshall is an award-winning health writer with nearly two decades of experience writing for newspapers and magazines. From 1996 to 2006 she served as an editor and writer for the Daily Camera, the daily newspaper for Boulder, Colo. There, she helped create the GET OUT! Page, the nation's first daily outdoor recreation section, before moving into the roles of health editor, assistant features editor, and senior staff writer with an emphasis on medical science. In 2006, Lisa left the newspaper business to pursue a career as a freelance writer and spend more time with her four children. She has since become a regular contributor to Natural Solutions Magazine, Delicious Living, Women's Adventure Magazine, Nutrition Business Journal, The Rocky Mountain News, The Daily Camera, RevolutionHealth.com, and other trade and consumer magazines.

As a journalist in one of the most fit-and-health-conscious regions of the country, Lisa goes to great lengths to understand and connect with her sources: She has gone ice climbing, paragliding, trail running, and dog sledding for adventure stories; stood at patients' bedsides in hospice and alongside surgeons in the operating room for health stories; and traveled to genocide-ravaged Rwanda, in central Africa, to report on its fragile medical system - and efforts to make it better.

When Lisa is not writing or parenting, she spends her time skiing, training for marathons and trail running in Rocky Mountain National Park.

She lives in the foothills west of Boulder with her husband Ron, her two youngest daughters, Skylar and Sage, her dog Gussie, and her nine chickens.

To contact Lisa: (303) 823-5749; mlisamars@aol.com.