• Source: Lisa Rojany

Lisa Rojany (born February 14, 1964) is an American author, editor and publishing executive.
She has written dozens of children's books and was the lead author of Writing Children's Book for Dummies [Wiley, 2005, 2013] – an Amazon Bestseller about the process of writing, promoting, and publishing a book. She also co-wrote (with Julie Stav) the New York Times Bestselling adult nonfiction Fund Your Future [Berkley 2002].
Her 2009 YA nonfiction, Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz, co-authored with Eva Kor, was named an American Booksellers Association ABC Best Books for Young Readers in 2017, and has received notoriety from Candles Holocaust Museum, the Jewish Book Council, as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among others.
Her books have been translated to Spanish, German, Polish, Romanian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, and other languages.




Biography


Lisa Rojany was born on February 14, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, to parents Avi Rojany and Mary Marks. Her father, Avi Rojany, is a stockbroker and real estate magnate who immigrated to the U.S. from Israel in 1962. Her mother, Mary Marks, is an author and reviewer of cozy mysteries for Kensington Publishing Corp.
She has eight half-siblings, all younger – four half-brothers and four half-sisters, and 19 nieces and nephews.
Growing up in Los Angeles, Rojany attended Birmingham High School, and graduated in 1982. After high school, she attended UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with Honors in 1986, receiving her B.A. in Communication Studies.
In 1986–1987, she studied language abroad in Paris, France, at both La Sorbonne Université and Alliance Française.
She then lived in Providence, Rhode Island, while pursuing her Master's degree from Brown University, graduating with a Master's in English and American Literature in 1991.
Rojany has worked for Price Stern Sloan/Penguin RandomHouse, Golden Books, Americhip Books, Intervisual Books, Gateway Learning Corp (Hooked on Phonics), and MyPotential.com.
She married and divorced Kristian Buccieri (hence the name Rojany-Buccieri on several book authorships), and has three children: Olivia, Chloe, and Genevieve.
She currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the founder and owner of Editorial Services of Los Angeles, the publisher and editor in chief of New York Journal of Books as well as a reviewer, and is listed as a writer for Tanglewood Books. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who, and the Authors Guild.




Published works






= Adult nonfiction

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Writing Children's Books for Dummies (with Peter Economy) [Wiley, 2005, 2013] [For Dummies; 2 edition, 2012] – ISBN 1118356462; ISBN 978-1118356463
Fund Your Future (With Julie Stav) [Berkley, 2002] – ISBN 0425183610




= Young adult nonfiction

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Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (with Eva Kor) [Tanglewood; First Trade Paper edition, 2012] – ISBN 1933718579; ISBN 978-1933718576




= Young adult fiction

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Emergency: in the Emergency Room [Hodder & Stoughton Children's Division, 1997] – ISBN 0340698020; ISBN 978-0340698020
Emergency: Truth or Consequences [Hodder Children's Books, 1997] – ASIN B01F7YB5E8
Emergency Book 4: Staying Alive [Hodder & Stoughton Children's Division, 1997] – ISBN 0340698055; ISBN 978-0340698051
Making the Grade (Code Blue) [HarperCollins, 1997] – ISBN 0061064254; ISBN 978-0061064258
Code Blue: In the Emergency Room [HarperPaperbacks, 1996] – ISBN 006106422X, ISBN 9780061064227




= Juvenile fiction/Children's books

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You Can Be a Doctor! (Barbie: You Can Be Series) [MATTEL, INC. and MATTEL EUROPA B.V., 2017] – ASIN B073C2NMXH
Sammy's Suitcase [Random House Children's Books, 2008] – ISBN 0375842365, ISBN 9780375842368
Let's Make Noise Around the House (with Debra Mostow Zakarin) [Silver Dolphin Books, 2007] – ISBN 1592236405; ISBN 978-1592236404
Let's Make Noise at the Airport (with Debra Mostow Zakarin) [Silver Dolphin Books; Ina Ltf Po edition, 2007] – ISBN 1592236413; ISBN 978-1592236411
Let's Make Noise at the Ballpark (with Debra Mostow Zakarin) [Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC, 2007] – ISBN 1592236421, ISBN 9781592236428
Make Your Own Valentine Cards: 16 Cards and 50 Stickers [Golden Books; Gmc Crds edition, 1999] – ISBN 0307337014, ISBN 978-0307337016
I Love You Because Love, Barbie (Pop-Up Book) [1998]– ASIN B012YT74BM
Leave It to Beaver [Price Stern Sloan, 1997] – ISBN 0843178582, ISBN 9780843178586
Big Trucks and Bigger Diggers [Price Stern Sloan; 1st edition, 1996] ISBN 0843179651, ISBN 978-0843179651
Giant Giants & Magic Mermaid (Giant Fold-out Books) [Price Stern Sloan; 1st edition, 1996] – ISBN 084317966X; ISBN 978-0843179668
Tell Me About When I Was a Baby [Price Stern Sloan; 1st edition, 1996] – ISBN 0843138599; ISBN 978-0843138597
Casper: The Novelization [Mammoth, 1995] – ISBN 0749720336, ISBN 9780749720339
Dena Dinosaur (Fuzzy Friends Board Books) [Penguin Group USA, 1995] – ISBN 084313786X, ISBN 9780843137866
Gold Diggers: the Secret of Bear Mountain [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 084313917X, ISBN 9780843139174
Hippo, Elephant, Whale, Giraffe (Giant Animal Fold-outs) [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 0843139102; ISBN 978-0843139105
Kangaroo and Company (Giant Animal Fold-Outs) [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 0843139099; ISBN 978-0843139099
Melvin Martian (Fuzzy Friends Board Books) [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 0843137878, ISBN 978-0843137873
Morty Monster (Fuzzy Friends Board Books) [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 0843137886, ISBN 978-0843137880
The Magic Feather: A Jamaican Legend [Troll Associates, 1995] – ISBN 0816737525, ISBN 9780816737529
Wanda Witch (Fuzzy Friends Board Books) [Price Stern Sloan, 1995] – ISBN 0843137894; ISBN 978-0843137897
Birthday [HarperCollins, 1994] – ISBN 0004127501, ISBN 9780004127507
Cats: Those Wonderful Creatures (Little Books) [Andrews McMeel Pub, 1994] – ISBN 0836230523, ISBN 978-0836230529
Friendship: What You Mean to Me [Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1994] – ISBN 0836230558, ISBN 9780836230550
Make Your Own Valentines (with Craig Walker) [Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1994] – ISBN 0843137517, ISBN 9780843137514
Spring Gardens [HarperCollins, 1994] – ISBN 0001375032, ISBN 9780001375031
Token of Love [HarperCollins, 1994] – ISBN 0001375024, ISBN 9780001375024
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole [Disney Pr; Ltf edition, 1994] – ISBN 078683000X; ISBN 978-0786830008
Wedding Sentiments (with Ariel Books) [Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1994] – ISBN 0836230574, ISBN 9780836230574
Jake and Jenny on the Town: A Finger Puppet Lift-the-flap Book [Price Stern Sloan, 1993] – ISBN 0843135840, ISBN 9780843135848
King Arthur's Camelot: A Pop-Up Castle and Four Storybooks [Dutton Books for Young Readers; Pop edition, 1993] – ISBN 0525450262; ISBN 978-0525450269
The Story of Hanukkah: A Lift-The-Flap Rebus Book [Hyperion; English Language edition, 1993] – ISBN 1562824201; ISBN 978-1562824204
Where's That Pig? [Price Stern Sloan, 1993] – ISBN 0843136049; ISBN 978-0843136043
Exploring the Human Body [Barron's Juvenile, 1992] – ISBN 0812062981; ISBN 978-0812062984
The Hands-On Book of Big Machines [Little Brown & Co (Juv); 1st edition, 1992] – ASIN B01A6576Z0




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Eva Mozes Kor
• Lisa Rojany
• Eva Mozes Kor
• Leave It to Beaver
• Middle grade literature
• Peter Economy
• The Great Mathematical Problems
• Américas Award