Lisa Mantchev

Lisa Mantchev
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Author of fantasy novels and short stories
Notable workThéâtre Illuminata series

Lisa Mantchev is an American author of fantasy novels and short stories. She is best known for her Théâtre Illuminata series, a trilogy of young adult fantasy novels.

Her book Eyes Like Stars, the first in the Théâtre Illuminata series, was nominated for the 2009 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.[1] It was also nominated for the 2010 Mythopoeic Award for Children’s Literature.[2] NPR selected the third book in the series, So Silver Bright, as one of 2011’s Top 5 YA Novels.[3]

Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine,[4] Weird Tales,[5] Strange Horizons,[6] and Faerie Magazine.[7]

Her most recent book, the children's picture book Strictly No Elephants, was published in October 2015. It was included in the CCBC Choices 2016 List[8] and is the recipient of an NCTE 2016 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Honorable Mention.[9]

Publications

  • Eyes Like Stars, Feiwel & Friends, 2009
  • Perchance to Dream, Feiwel & Friends, 2010
  • So Silver Bright, Feiwel & Friends, 2011
  • Ticker, Skyscape, 2014
  • Lost Angeles (co-authored with A.L. Purol), Capriquarius Press, 2015
  • Loose Canon (co-authored with A.L. Purol), Capriquarius Press, 2015
  • Sugar Skulls (co-authored with Glenn Dallas), Skyscape, 2015
  • Strictly No Elephants, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2015
  • Sister Day, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2017
  • Someday, Narwhal, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2017
  • Jinx and the Doom Fight Crime, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2018
  • Remarkables, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2019
  • Perfectly Perfect Wish, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2020

References

  1. ^ "2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot" Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
  2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards" LOCUS Magazine.
  3. ^ “The Teens Are All Right: 2011's Top 5 YA Novels”, Marissa Meyer, NPR.org, December 19, 2011.
  4. ^ “Threads of Red and White”, Lisa Mantchev, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 2007.
  5. ^ "As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers" Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev, Weird Tales #355 (Spring 2010).
  6. ^ “The Taste of Chicory at High Tide” Archived 2011-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Lisa Mantchev, Strange Horizons, 19 December 2005.
  7. ^ "Faerie Magazine Issue #33, Winter 2015, Print - Faerie Magazine". Faerie Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  8. ^ "CCBC Choices 2016" (PDF). Cooperative Children's Book Center. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Retrieved Feb 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "2016 NCTE Children's Book Awards Announced". National Council of Teachers of English. Retrieved Nov 21, 2015.


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