Lisa McMann

Lisa McMann
Lisa McMann 2011
Born	February 27, 1968 Holland, Michigan
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Period	2007–present
Genre	Young adult fantasy
Website
www.lisamcmann.com

Lisa (Gort) McMann (born February 27, 1968) is an American author.

McMann was born in Holland, Michigan and now lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area.^[1] She graduated from Calvin College in 1990.^[2] Her first novel, WAKE, debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's chapter books.^[3] She is also the author of FADE, which debuted on the New York Times best seller list and remained there eleven weeks,^[4] and of GONE, the last book in the WAKE series, which was released February 2010.

McMann, a mother of two, has published many short stories, including the creative nonfiction essay, "When You're Ten," featured in Literary Mama, and the award winning short story, "The Day of the Shoes," in 2004. One year later, her story, "Like Waves on Rocks"^[5] was published in the Gator Springs Gazette. McMann's short stories are written for adult audiences while her novels are intended for young adults.

She lives near Phoenix, Arizona.^[6]

Awards

• "The Day of the Shoes" (short story) - 2004 Templeton International Power of Purpose Award ^[7]
• WAKE - American Library Association 2009 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers^[8]
• WAKE - 2008 Cybil Award Finalist^[9]
• WAKE - Abraham Lincoln Book Award Master List (IL)^[10]
• WAKE - Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ)^[11]
• WAKE - Gateway Readers Award Nominee (MO)^[12]
• WAKE - Georgia Peach Book Award Master List^[13]
• WAKE - IRA Young Adults' Choices^[14]
• WAKE - Nevada Young Reader's Award Nominee^[15]
• WAKE - Texas Tayshas Reading List^[16]
• WAKE - Young Adult Reading Program Reading List Selection (SD)^[17]
• Cryer's Cross - American Library Association 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults^[18]
• Cryer's Cross - American Library Association 2012 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers^[19]
• Dead to You - American Library Association 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers^[20]
• Dead to You - IRA Young Adults' Choices^[21]
• The Unwanteds - Maine Student Book Award Master Listt^[22]
• The Unwanteds - North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nomineet^[23]
• The Unwanteds - Truman Reader Award Nominee (MO)t^[24]
• Crash' - American Library Association 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers^[25]
• Crash' - MSTA Reading Circle List^[26]
• Bang' - MSTA Reading Circle List^[27]

Published works

Wake Trilogy

• WAKE (2008)^[28]
• FADE (2009)^[29]
• GONE (2010)^[30]

The Unwanteds

• The Unwanteds (2011)^[31]
• The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (2012)^[32]
• The Unwanteds: Island of Fire (2013)^[33]
• The Unwanteds: Island of Legends (2014)^[34]
• The Unwanteds: Island of Shipwrecks (2015)^[35]
• The Unwanteds: Island of Graves (2015)^[36]

Visions Trilogy

• Crash (2013)^[37]
• Bang (2013)^[38]
• Gasp (2014)^[39]

Other books

• Cryer's Cross (2011)^[40]
• Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories (2011)^[41]
• Dead To You (2012)^[42]
• The Trap Door (Infinity Ring #3) (2013)^[43]

WAKE Trilogy Translations

The WAKE trilogy has been translated into the following languages (note: not all of the books are out in these countries):

• Novo Seculo / Portuguese (Brazil only)
• Wisdom Distribution Service / Chinese (complex)
• Kelly Kiado / Hungarian
• Newton Compton / Italian
• Everest / Spanish
• Atlin Kitaplar / Turkish
• Patakis / Greek
• PT Gramedia / Indonesian
• Amarin / Thai
• Boje Verlag / German
• WYDAWNICTWO / Polish
• Everest Editora / Portuguese (Portugal)

References

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External links

• Official web site