Lise Haines is the author of the novel, IN MY SISTER'S COUNTRY (BlueHen/Putnam). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Agni, PostRoad, Crosscurrents, and other journals.

Ms. Haines received her MFA from Bennington College and a Creative Writing degree from Syracuse University. She has been a finalist in the PEN Nelson Algren Awards and for the Paterson Fiction Prize.