Lisa Mantchev is an American author of

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novels and

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. She is best known for her Théâtre Illuminata series, a trilogy of

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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. It was also nominated for the 2010 Mythopoeic Award for Children’s Literature.

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selected the third book in the series, ''So Silver Bright'', as one of 2011’s Top 5 YA Novels. Her short fiction has appeared in

Clarkesworld Magazine ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabe ...

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

, and Faerie Magazine. 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 and is the recipient of an NCTE 2016

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for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Honorable Mention.

Publications

* ''Eyes Like Stars'',

Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publi ...

, 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

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