Lisa Lucas

Lisa Lucas is senior vice president at Knopf Doubleday, and a former executive director of the National Book Foundation. Early life Lucas was born in New York City and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and Montclair, New Jersey. Lucas's father is musician Reggie Lucas, a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer. Lucas attended the University of Chicago, where she studied English. She graduated in 2001. Career Lucas began her career as a 15-year-old intern at Vibe magazine; at 17 she worked for radio station KIIS-FM. After college, Lucas worked for Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater, then the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2012, Lucas became publisher of arts magazine Guernica.