Lisa Halliday is an acclaimed American author and novelist, celebrated for her literary contributions. Halliday's rise to fame came with her novel Asymmetry, a work that garnered her the esteemed Whiting Award in 2017. Her writing has graced the pages of noteworthy publications such as Granta and The Paris Review.

Her debut novel, Asymmetry, has been translated into twenty languages and was lauded as one of the Top Ten Books of 2018 by influential outlets including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, among others. It also captured the attention of former President Obama, becoming one of his favorite books of the year. The novel's critical acclaim extended further, being shortlisted for a plethora of awards, notably the Center for Fiction First Novel Award, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, and the Prix du Premier Roman.

Born and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, Halliday has since crossed the Atlantic and now resides in Italy with her husband and daughter.