Lisa Gabriele was born in Belle River, Ontario. She has worked at the CBC as a producer, writer, radio researcher, and a reporter. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, National Post, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, and Vice Magazine, among other publications, and she is a frequent contributor to Nerve magazine. Gabriele lives in Toronto, where she's at work on her second book. Tempting Faith DiNapoli is her first novel, published by Anchor Canada, in 2003. Lisa Gabriele writes about the pains of youth with uncommon confidence and insight.