Lisa Crispin is co-author of the Leanpub book Agile Testing Condensed. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lisa about her background, donkeys, how she got into programming and software testing, the importance of psychological safety for developing high-quality software, her books, the difference between conventional publishing and self-pulishing, arranging translations of a self-published book into multiple languages, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on August 31, 2021.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

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