News Lisa Dierbeck is co-publisher of Mischief + Mayhem, an independent press run by five noted
authors in association with www.ORBooks.com.

Dubbed “the book industry’s new danger brigade” by The New York Observer when it launched
on a shoestring in September, 2010, Mischief + Mayhem is receiving coverage from a wide range
of publications including Craine’s, The Huffington Post, The New York Observer, The New
Yorker, The New York Times online, Newsday, O, the Oprah Magazine and Vanity Fair.

Dierbeck’s “Action for a Dying Book Biz on the Verge of Bankruptcy” has been serialized on
the Happy Ending reading series website. It chronicles an emerging publishing revolution as
writers seize the reigns in the digital age.

Visit www.MischiefandMayhemBooks.com for upcoming readings and events. Dierbeck’s nonfiction
appears on the site as well as in periodicals and anthologies. These include O’s Guide to
Life: The Best of O, The Oprah Magazine and Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums
that Changed their Lives (HarperCollins).

Photos: Sigrid Estrada and Lou Peralta.
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