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Lisa von Biela
@lisavonbiela.bsky.social
Recently retired legal aid attorney, former IT professional (for 25 years), author of THE GENESIS CODE, SCORCHED EARTH, and many other dystopian thrillers, artist (various media), photographer, and player of dulcimer and guitar.
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Just published my new book on foreclosure prevention, Don't Say I Didn't Warn You: Homeownership Decisions That Can Cost You Your Home.

And...it's Live! My book on foreclosure prevention and more
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And…it’s Live! My book on foreclosure prevention and more
As I mentioned in a prior post, I felt the need to consolidate into book form what I learned in 14 years of foreclosure prevention work. While my work involved resolving foreclosures that had alrea…
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"Set in the near future of a slowly dying world, RAVENNA'S ROAD is bleak, violent, and utterly chilling...a ticking time bomb of a dystopian thriller."
--Allan Leverone, New York Times bestselling author of FINAL VECTOR
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Ravenna's Road by Lisa von Biela
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October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"A breakneck dance of death and destruction on the edge of a bloody straight razor, RAVENNA'S ROAD is a fast-paced free-fall into darkness that will leave you reeling...Lisa von Biela is the best writer of near-future dystopian fiction at work today."
--Greg F. Gifune
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Ravenna's Road by Lisa von Biela
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October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have a fair bit of photography up on microstock sites, & decided to expand my audience to folks who want, for example, wall art for their home. My new gallery on Pictorem is at: lisavonbiela.pictorem.com Categories include birds, animals, scenics, abstract, B&W, artwork, nostalgia, & up close.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New post up on my blog about "shared appreciation" mortgage products. Very, very risky products. I explain the why and the how of it.

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#mortgage #homeownership #foreclosure #finance #lending
A New Way to Lose Your Home: Cash Out “without a loan”–aka the Shared Appreciation Model
I heard an ad on the radio one day, and my first thought was “that can’t be right, how would that even work?” And indeed, it is a new case of too-good-to-be-true-ity. The pitch go…
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August 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Well, time sure does fly. My BigPharma thriller, Blockbuster, originally came out in 2015 (republished by Crossroad Press in 2017). I set it "way in the future." Or so I thought.

I set it in 2025. And here we are.

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#dystopia #thriller #suspense #fiction
Blockbuster
Blockbuster - Kindle edition by von Biela, Lisa. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Blockbuster.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And just to round things out, posting the link to my Shutterstock portfolio in honor of World Photography Day...I've been busy, lol...

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#photography #bird #birdphotography
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August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In honor of World Photography Day, I'm posting a link to my profile over on Dreamstime...been boosting that portfolio quite a lot lately with bird photography!

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#photography #bird #birdphotography
Lvonbiela - Contributor Profile on Dreamstime
Lvonbiela Dreamstime Contributor for Professional Photography, Illustrations & Videos. Explore their creative portfolio.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And...she's *live*! Ravenna's Road launched this morning by Crossroad Press. Details ad links in attached post:

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#newrelease #dystopia #thriller #suspense #fiction
And…Ravenna’s Road is live now!
As irony would have it, it was 8 years ago today that Crossroad Press re-released my earliest novels, The Genesis Code and The Janus Legacy (after my prior publisher ceased operations). Crossroad p…
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July 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
All sorts of ways you can lose your home...and all sorts of ways to protect yourself well ahead of time to avoid foreclosure and related catastrophes...

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#foreclosure #mortgage #realproperty #personalfinance
Practical Ways to Avoid Setting Yourself up for Future Foreclosure
I’ve always believed an ounce of prevention was worth a pound–perhaps more–of cure. In pretty much everything. The same holds true for foreclosure and related homeownership issues…
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July 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My latest novel, Ravenna's Road, launches a week from today! Ravenna takes off on a desperate quest for freedom--will she make it?

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#thriller #novel #dystopian #suspense #booklaunch
Only one more week! Up for pre-order now, Ravenna’s Road launches 7/8/25!
It’s nearly here! Just one more week before Ravenna’s Road hits the streets, as it were. Meanwhile, it’s still available for pre-order in all the usual places: Barnes & Noble,…
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July 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Don't Say I Didn't Warn You: Homeownership Decisions That Can Cost You Your House...what I learned in 14 years of foreclosure prevention practice, so you don't have to learn it firsthand. Available at Amazon (ebook and paperback) and Barnes & Noble (ebook only).
#foreclosure #homeownership
June 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM