Successful culinary book publisher and holder of the Guinness World Record for largest personal cookbook collection Lisa Ekus reads selections of memoir and food writing.

**********

Lisa Ekus majored in American literature at Barnard College (’79) and worked in a literary agency, followed by stints at Random House and Crown Publishers in Manhattan.

She founded The Ekus Group, LLC in Hatfield in 1983, a full-service culinary agency. Lisa has represented a diverse selection of food personalities, writers, cookbooks, restaurants, and food products. She also is the proud owner of more than 7,000 cookbooks.

The Guinness Book of World Records recently awarded Lisa the honor of having the largest personal cookbook collection in the world.

Lisa is deeply committed to volunteerism and donates her time to several non-profit organizations in the hunger, health, and humanitarian arenas.