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Who is Soren Kisiel? Picture a Venn diagram of imaginative children's book authors, insightful Buddhist writers, daring political comedy playwrights, and outrageous feminist song-writers.
There's just one person in the middle. That's Soren. 


Co-Author for musical comedian and YouTube sensation Katie Goodman.
I'll check her out!

"Brought the house down...Brilliant!"
Comedy Central

'Impressive... magnificent!"
Punchline Magazine

"Hilarious! Fortunately there are the Goodmans of the world that can steer us back to reality."
Bustle Magazine

Once Upon A Tree, from Plum Blossom Books. A Buddhist-y parable about finding your purpose.
Tell me more!

"Uplifting… An important book.It tells the children, and the children who are hiding in adults’s bodies, that we don’t have to do what others are doing."
Worn Corners

Also look for Soren’s essay in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn’s One Buddha Is Not Enough: A Story of Collective Awakening!

Co-Author of the outrageous all-women comedy troupe Broad Comedy. Touring nationally after two

Off-Broadway runs!
Hey, I've heard of them!

"Finally, someone said what we were thinking."
The Huffington Post

"Think of these ladies as the voice in your head—only funnier."
CRITICS PICK
Time Out New York

The (Insert Your City Here) Mikado, Soren’s original adaptation of the classic comic opera, using the original music but with lyrics updated to the present day with searing satire that Gilbert and Sullivan would be proud of.
Show me!

“Ingeniously written and hilariously funny. The work could become the New York Mikado or DC Mikado. Masterfully written, rivaled the best of Rossini’s comic creations.”
—Opera Now Magazine

The Night Our Parents Went Out, from POW Books. A ridiculously imaginative adventure.
My kids would love it!

“Deliciously playful... fun-filled!"
—Judith Viorst, best-selling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

"Goodman and Kisiel run a comedy troupe, and it shows! Imagination is where the real fun is."
—Publishers Weekly


Shhhhhhh... Soren also secretly writes these...

THIS WEEK IN PROSPECT PARK—PLUS MONSTERS

Soren's completely fake announcement board of the goings on at Brooklyn's largest public park—plus monsters. ChEck it out!

"The individual or group responsible is keeping quiet—we have yet to be able to locate them."
—Bklyner.com

(I’VE SINCE MADE IT LESS ANONYMOUS, BUT STILL, Don't telL them!)

SOREN'S YELP DIARIES

Soren's musingS on life, time, and memory. all disguised as Yelp.com reviews.

"Where can you find one of America’s best authors for free? Soren Kisiel is leaving hilarious, whimsical, melancholy reviews for restaurants, stores —even the DMV— on Yelp."
Nick C, Facebook

"Hey Soren, Thank you for what can only be described as one of the most unique customer reviews that we've come across."
SPICE, PArk SLope, Brooklyn

Only one has been Taken down by Yelp so far—Clearly I should have given them 5 Stars. here it is, below.
Check out the rest of them here.