Alison Nissen is a writer who does daily battle with dog hair and laundry. She has taught collegiate composition and literature classes for over a decade. Currently, she is the co-founder of Revel Coach, an inspirational platform and managing partner of 3 Dog Tales Productions, a full-service Ghostwriting, Editing, Coaching, and Publishing company.
Alison is a graduate of both Denison University and Norwich University with a BA and MA in Literature and chairs Lakeland Writers, a Florida Writers Association chapter. She was the winner of the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards Unpublished Autobiography/Memoir for Resolve, Courage, Hope.
Works by Alison:
By Jose Manuel Garcia–University Press of Florida (edited by Alison Nissen)
Between April and September 1980, more than 125,000 Cuban refugees fled their homeland, seeking freedom from Fidel Castro’s dictatorship. They departed in boats from the port of Mariel and braved the dangerous 90-mile journey across the Straits of Florida. Told in the words of the immigrants themselves, the stories in Voices from Mariel offer an up-close view of this international crisis, the largest oversea mass migration in Latin American history.
2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Winner–Unpublished Memoir; Medal Winner Unpublished Book of the Year
On December 13, 2007, in the small town of Lake Wales, Florida, Leon Davis, Jr. walked into the Headley Insurance Agency with a gun, duct tape, and gasoline. He demanded money, wrapped two women in duct tape, doused them with gasoline, and flicked a lighter. Resolve, Courage, Hope tells the true story of how Scott Headley picked up the pieces after one of his long-time clients deliberately and viciously killed two of his employees and the aftershock of Davis’s murderous rampage including court trials, night terrors, and regaining his sense of self.
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Looking Life in the Eye: Best-Loved and Honored Poets of Central Florida 2015: A Beautiful Boy & Wanting More
Home: 2014 Big Cypress National Park Poetry Contest Second Place
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Hey Alison, welcome to becoming the writer’s group leader in Lakeland. I lead the one in Brandon. I have a wordpress blog too. Enjoy your endeavors with the group. I just started as leader in January this year, but have been part of the group for 4 plus years. Nice to meet you.
I enjoyed meeting you and the other members of the 4 All Seasons Writer’s group recently and enjoyed your reading also. Your blog is well done and interesting. I have a wordpress blog also but haven’t done much with it yet. Regards, Don