Featured in FORBES, Lisa Kastner is the Founder and CEO of Running Wild, LLC which consists of Running Wild Press where they publish great stories that don't fit neatly in a box and RIZE Press where they publish great genre stories written by underrepresented groups.

Running Wild has been honored with two best of 2019 and two best of 2020 books according to Kirkus Reviews as well as several starred reviews and additional acclaim.

Lisa was named to New York Weekly’s Top Ten Females to Watch in 2021, and LA Wire’s Top 10 Businesses to Watch in 2021. Written under the pen name of Kali Metis, her dark fiction/magical realism novel, CURE, was called, “A study of otherness, identity, and belonging in the shape of a high-stakes supernatural adventure, Metis changes up the werewolf genre in a beguiling mix of medieval and modern. With a touch of romance and a good dose of danger”, by —Lee Murray, USA Today Bestselling Author and Bram Stoker Award® winner and “Kali Metis reinvents the werewolf novel in a compelling and terrifying way, and brings a new heroine to the forefront! Very highly recommended!” by Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of THE WOLFMAN and KAGEN THE DAMNED.