Lisa Graff
Lisa Graff
Children's author known for the books Lost in the Sun and A Tangle of Knots. She also writes books for teenagers under the name Isla Neal.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 October 1974
CountryUnited States of America
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When I was in fourth grade, I had a lot of upheaval in my life. Both of my parents remarried, and we all got new houses. That was also the year my older brother got very sick.
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The Longstockings are eight children's and young adult writers. We all came out of the New School MFA program, and we meet regularly to critique each other's work.
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One of the things I like to do during an 'overhaul' revision is bust out my highlighters and colored pens. Tools like these make me feel like a real writer.
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My love of baking might have originated with my grandmother. She had a lemon tree growing in her backyard, and one of my favorite memories is of picking lemons together and then baking lemon bars.
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Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.
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Kids are always told that they can be anything that they want. But what if you want to be a ballerina, and you're terrible at ballet? Or what if you're gifted at ballet, but you don't like doing it?
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I was the typical little sister who wanted to be just like her older brother. When I was growing up, my brother wrote phenomenal stories, so I wanted to write them, too.
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Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you're going through - from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense - is an invaluable asset.
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I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker.
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I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm.
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I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet.
I desperately want to visit the Galapagos and meet some giant tortoises.