Lisa McMann
Lisa McMann
Lisa McMannis an American author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth27 February 1968
CityHolland, MI
CountryUnited States of America
creepy cheerleader
Get me outa here. F*ckin' creepy cheerleaders.
dream want havens
Whatever I want,' he says. 'Yes.' 'I'm afraid you haven't been privy to that dream yet.
grandfather want moments
Jacián!" She yells again, and then she says something in Spanish. A moment later he comes down the hallway. "I'm going to tell Grandfather you said that," he says. "What do you want?
tragedy sound melody
Jacian Obregon. It sounds like a melody. Or a tragedy.
harsh
It's the intent, not the word, that makes something harsh.
shirts not-sure knows
So, ah, I'm not sure if you know this, but you're not wearing a shirt." "Distracting, isn't it?
waiting soul lasts
A trapped soul waits for redemption. It waits. And waits. For her to take her last breath.
kissing
He kisses her. She kisses him. They kiss.
gordon heather love michelle
I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman, Michelle Magorian, Heather Bouwman.
authors best conference defining fourth grade hang teacher therefore wrote
I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day.
bookstore clerk later
I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor.
burn cry definitely force hot kids longer okay remember sixth tears throats turn year
I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.
fiction found itself lends
I've always found teenagers really interesting. I think they've got so much going on in their lives, so that lends itself really well to fiction because there's so much drama, so much activity, so much growth.
characters dreams favorite normal sucked ways
One of my favorite ways to write paranormal, as in the 'Wake' trilogy, is to write very normal characters with just a hint of something other-worldly. Like somewhere, maybe, someone really can get sucked into other people's dreams.