Lisa Pollak has been a general assignment features writer for The Sun since July. She has worked for the Charlotte Observer and the (Raleigh) News & Observers. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in American Culture from the University of Michigan. In 1995, she received the Ernie Pyle award for human interest writing. The award recognized six stories about ordinary people dealing with grief, love and everyday life.

She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.