Panel Guest
Lisa Sharkey is the Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. She joined the company in March 2007 after more than two decades in television.
As the Director of Creative Development at HarperCollins, Sharkey has overseen the acquisition of countless best-sellers including: Through My Eyes – the inspiring memoir of Tim Tebow, the University of Florida star quarterback and 2010 first-round draft pick for the Denver Broncos; New York Times #1 Best Seller The 100: Count ONLY Sugar Calories and Lose Up to 18 Lbs. in 2 Weeks by diet and fitness expert Jorge Cruise; Unbreak My Heart, by the six-time Grammy winner, solo R&B artist Toni Braxton; Ted Williams, My Father, by Claudia Williams; One Last Strike, the story of baseball manager Tony LaRussa, who takes you inside the dugout of the 2011 World Series; and How I Got This Way – a memoir by bestselling author Regis Philbin in which the beloved TV icon shares the secrets to success and happiness.
Sharkey’s many musical bio acquisitions include the lives of award-winning singers, Tony Bennett, Whitney Houston, Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers, Amy Winehouse and Kenny Rogers. In addition, Red – the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Sammy Hagar.
From 2000 to 2005 Sharkey was Senior Producer for ABC’s Good Morning America where she oversaw GMA’s on-air contributors and produced the second hour of the show. She ran the GMA medical unit, the financial news unit, headed up the consumer investigative team, the parenting unit, the home improvement and safety areas, and created and implemented multiple magazine partnerships.
Lisa has been honored by a Peabody Award and a DuPont Award for her work at ABC covering the events surrounding September 11. She has also written for Redbook and Child magazines. A two-time Emmy Award winner and ten-time Emmy nominee, Sharkey was the President of Al Roker Entertainment in New York City from 2005 to 2007.
