Beth Lisick is a writer and actor. She is the author of five books and has appeared in films screened at Cannes, Sundance, and the San Francisco International Film Festival. Her books include the memoir collection Yokohama Threeway and Other Small Shames, and the New York Times bestselling comic memoir Everybody Into the Pool. In 2002, she created the Porchlight Storytelling Series with Arline Klatte, a monthly storytelling show in San Francisco. Performing excerpts of her writing, she has opened for Neil Young, Allen Ginsberg, Lydia Lunch, and Exene Cervenka. A native of the Bay Area, she lives in Brooklyn.