Beth Lisick is an American writer, performer, and author of five books. With Arline Klatte, she co-founded the Porchlight Storytelling Series of open-mic spoken word performances in San Francisco in 2002. Her spoken word performances were featured at the Lollapalooza festival in 1994, the South by Southwest Music Festival in 1996 and 1997, and Lilith Fair in 1998. She has toured with Sister Spit. She has also performed sketch comedy with the group White Noise Radio Theatre and has an ongoing film and stage collaboration with Tara Jepsen.