Lisa Mangum

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Lisa Mangum
Occupation
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater University of Utah
Period1997-present
Genres
Notable works
  • The Hourglass Door
  • The Golden Spiral
  • After Hello
Notable awards
SpouseTracy Mangum
Website
Lisa Mangum at shadowmountain.com

Lisa Mangum is an American author and editor best known for her young adult romance trilogy beginning with The Hourglass Door. She has worked as an editor at Deseret Book since 1997, and became the editorial manager at Shadow Mountain in 2014. She has edited several anthologies for WordFire Press, as well as authoring several short fiction and nonfiction works.

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She received Foreword Reviews INDIES awards for the first two novels in The Hourglass Door trilogy. She also won two Whitney Awards: one for her 2012 novel, After Hello, and one for outstanding achievement in 2019.

Biography

Lisa Mangum attended the University of Utah, graduating with honors with a degree in English. [1] During her five years in college, she also worked at Waldenbooks, a mall-based bookstore chain. [1] Mangum cites the example of her mother, who was also a writer and editor, as a significant influence in her decision to become an editor. [2] [3]

She was hired as an assistant editor for Bookcraft after graduating. Deseret Book purchased Bookcraft in 1999, and she has worked for them ever since. [4] During her time as an editor, she has worked with several bestselling authors, such as Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jason F. Wright. [4]

Mangum released her first book, a time travel and romance novel titled The Hourglass Door, in May 2009. [5] [6] It won the Foreword Reviews INDIES award in the Best Young Adult Fiction category. [7] The Golden Spiral was released in May 2010 and won in the same category as Hourglass. [8] [9] The final book in the trilogy, The Forgotten Locket, came out in June 2011, and was nominated in the same category as the first two. [10] [11]

Her first short story, "Sold Out", was published in the charity anthology, The Gruff Variations, in March 2012. [12] After Hello, a stand-alone young adult romance set in New York City, was released in September 2012. [13] At the 2012 Whitney Awards, it won in the Best Young Adult General Novel category. [14] Her first anthology, One Horn to Rule Them All, was released by WordFire Press in August 2014. She has edited several additional anthologies for WordFire since then. Mangum became the Editorial Manager at Shadow Mountain (a division of Deseret Book) in 2014. [4]

She currently lives in Taylorsville, Utah with her husband, Tracy. [1] She is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [4]

Bibliography

The Hourglass Door trilogy

  1. The Hourglass Door (May 2009, Shadow Mountain, ISBN   978-1-60641-093-6) [5]
  2. The Golden Spiral (May 2010, Shadow Mountain, ISBN   978-1-60641-635-8) [8]
  3. The Forgotten Locket (June 2011, Shadow Mountain, ISBN   978-1-60908-049-5) [10]

Standalone novels

Anthologies

Mangum edited the following anthologies:

Short fiction

Nonfiction

Saving Stories, Hunting Themes, The Writing Business series

Awards

Mangum has received multiple awards and nominations for her works.

YearOrganizationAward title,
Category		WorkResultRefs
2009Foreword ReviewsForeword Reviews INDIES
Best Young Adult Fiction		The Hourglass DoorGold Winner [7]
2010The Golden SpiralGold Winner [9]
2011The Forgotten LocketNominated [11]
2012LDStorymakers Whitney Awards,
Best Young Adult General Novel		After HelloWon [14]
2019Whitney Awards,
Outstanding Achievement		-Won [17] [18]

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