Publisher & Editorial Director
Lisa Thomas, Editorial Director and Publisher for National Geographic books, provides strategic leadership and oversees the adult book publishing program. Over two decades in the National Geographic books division, she has edited New York Times bestsellers The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall by Winston Groom and The Blue Zones and The Blue Zones Solution by Dan Buettner, and national bestsellers What to Eat When and The Photo Ark, among others. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her family.