Lisa Morton’s latest book Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween is garnering considerable media attention and awards in the lead-up to Halloween.

Lisa was interviewed by Mark Frauenfelder for boingboing.net’s Gweek segment, where she talked about the origins of Halloween and even dispelled a few myths about the meaning of the holiday.

Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween is Lisa’s second non-fiction Halloween book and it certainly has further cemented her reputation as the “Queen of Halloween”. The book is currently #1 in Amazon’s Holiday category.

Lisa was recently named the winner of the General Non-Fiction book category at the 2012 Halloween Book Festival in Hollywood, California.

For more information about Lisa visit her website at www.lisamorton.com