Lisa Leshne
Lisa Lauren Frankenberg Leshne (born April 9, 1968) is an American entrepreneur and literary agent.[1] She was the co-founder of The Prague Post[2] and she leads The Leshne Agency,[3] a literary and talent management agency based in New York City.
Early Life and education[edit]
Lisa Leshne (then Lisa Lauren Frankenberg) was born in Champaign, Illinois.[4] She attended University Laboratory High School,[5] The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB)[6], and Harvard Business School.[7]
Prognosis Newspaper[edit]
At age 22 Frankenberg moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia, shortly after the Velvet Revolution.[8] There, she helped form Czechoslovakia's first English-language newspaper, Prognosis.[9] Frankenberg left Prognosis in July, 1991 after a disagreement with the other co-founders over the direction of the newspaper's future.[10][11]
The Prague Post[edit]
Frankenberg subsequently started and grew The Prague Post as president and publisher for six years.[12][13][14] She continued work with The Prague Post after leaving to attend business school.[15][16]
Bejt Praha[edit]
In 1994, Frankenberg helped start Bejt Praha,[17] the "Open Prague Jewish Community,"[18] with American lawyer Evan Lazar.[19]
Career[edit]
Frankenberg later worked for Anderson Consulting (now Accenture), Dow Jones, and The Wall Street Journal Online.[20][21] She served as executive director for international sales and marketing at WSJ.com until March, 2001.[22][23]
In 2008 Frankenberg, now using her married name (Leshne[24]) joined LJK Literary.[25] In 2011 Leshne started The Leshne Agency LLC, a literary agency and talent management company.[26] Leshne represents authors Ivan Klima, Deborah Copaken, Jesse Itzler, Julissa Arce, Jukebox the Ghost's Tommy Siegel, AJ Mendez (AJ Lee), and Christie Pearce Rampone.[27] In 2021 she sold business memoir “LEVEL UP” by Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson to Penguin Portfolio.[28]
Personal life[edit]
In September, 2001, Frankenberg married Jerome Leshne.[29] Together they have two children.[30]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace: Lisa Leshne". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Prague Post, The - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace: Lisa Leshne". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "Interview with Literary Agent Lisa Leshne of The Leshne Agency". www.wow-womenonwriting.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ University High School Yearbook, 1983
- ↑ Daily Nexus, UCSB | Thursday May 31st, 1990
- ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Special Report - Dynamic Women in Business 2001- The Fast Track to the Top". HBS Working Knowledge. Retrieved 2021-05-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wild, Wild EAST - Pressflex.com - The webmaster for publishers". pressflex.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ McLean, Rob. "Citizen Frankenberg". www.think.cz. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Poitras, Jacques (2020-09-12). "Prague Reverb". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Special Report - Dynamic Women in Business 2001- The Fast Track to the Top". HBS Working Knowledge. Retrieved 2021-05-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Special Report - Dynamic Women in Business 2001- The Fast Track to the Top". HBS Working Knowledge. Retrieved 2021-05-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ American Jewish Year Book, 1996. VNR AG. 1995. ISBN 978-0-87495-110-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Bejt Praha | About
- ↑ "A Chanukah 'miracle' in Prague". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Lisa Frankenberg, Jerome Leshne". The New York Times. 2001-09-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ↑ "Lisa Frankenberg - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Lisa Frankenberg, Jerome Leshne". The New York Times. 2001-09-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Lisa Frankenberg, Jerome Leshne". The New York Times. 2001-09-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Sambuchino, Chuck. "Literary Agent Interview: Lisa Leshne of LJK Literary Management". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Interview with Literary Agent Lisa Leshne of The Leshne Agency". www.wow-womenonwriting.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace: Lisa Leshne". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "Reveler of the Week: Lisa Leshne". www.hellorevel.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Lisa Frankenberg, Jerome Leshne". The New York Times. 2001-09-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace: Lisa Leshne". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
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