Lisa Sniderman
Lisa Sniderman, aka Aoede, is an award-winning folk pop artist, playwright, author and filmmaker from San Francisco, who obsessively creates to heal. She creates and records unique, original full-length fantasy musicals on audiobooks that she adapts into musical theater stage plays. She’s been honored with more than 80 awards for songwriting, audiobooks, films, stage plays and books since 2012 — all while suffering from a rare autoimmune disease: dermatomyositis, a progressive muscle weakness disease.
Sniderman’s mission is to be a light and a muse by inspiring, engaging and empowering young adults (and kids at heart) of all ages, challenges and abilities through original art and music. Her new memoir, A Light in the Darkness: Transcending Chronic Illness through the Power of Art and Attitude, chronicles her 10-year journey living with chronic illness while creating to heal. She’s founded an online community of artists creating to heal, and collaborated with more than 50 artists who use creativity to heal on an online video showcase and live multi-media performances in 2018.