Lisa Ann Sandell

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Lisa Ann Sandell
Born (1977-11-23) November 23, 1977 (age 47)
Delaware, United States
OccupationWriter and Editor
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Period2006–2009
Genre Young adult, historical, novel in verse
Notable works Song of the Sparrow , A Map of the Known World , The Weight of the Sky
Website
www.lisaannsandell.com

Lisa Ann Sandell is an American author and editor of young adult literature. [1] She is the author of three novels, A Map of the Known World, Song of the Sparrow and The Weight of the Sky, and the Editorial Director of the narrative nonfiction imprint at Scholastic Books.

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Biography

Before she published her first book, Sandell traveled to Israel for a birthright trip and interned in Jerusalem, Israel at the news magazine The Jerusalem Report . The experience informed Sandell's first novel, The Weight of the Sky, a novel in verse published by Viking Children's Books in 2006.

In 1999, Sandell received a BA in Medieval and Renaissance Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Her honors thesis on Sir Thomas Malory's treatment of Lancelot in Le Morte d'Arthur provided the inspiration for her second novel, Song of the Sparrow . Her last published work, A Map of the Known World, was published in 2009.

Sandell moved to New York City in 2000, and began work as a children's book editor at Scholastic. She is the Editorial Director of Scholastic Focus, the narrative nonfiction imprint of Scholastic. [2]

Sandell is married to Liel Leibovitz, conservative Israeli pundit and editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine. [3]

Young adult novels

Short stories

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kumar, Lisa (2007). Something about the Author. Gale Cengage Learning. pp. 166–167. ISBN   978-0787687991 . Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Publishers Weekly. "Scholastic's New Focus on Nonfiction".
  3. ↑ 18Forty Podcast. "Liel Leibovitz and Lisa Ann Sandell: When A Spouse Finds Faith".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Rabb, Margot. "The Weight of Words (REview of The Weight of the Sky)". Jbooks. Jbooks. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.

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