Lisa Papademetriou is an American

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of young adult fiction.

Life and career

Papademetriou was born August 25, 1971 and grew up in

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, attending West University Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Episcopal High School of Houston. She graduated from

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in 1993. Her first book, Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me, was published in 2006 by Hyperion. She has written/adapted over thirty books for children and young adults. Her 2005 book, ''M or F? : a novel'' is in over 500 libraries according to

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. She also wrote the "Accidentally" series (Accidentally Fabulous, Accidentally Famous, Accidentally Fooled, and Accidentally Friends), How to Be a Girly Girl in Just 10 Days, and Ice Dreams for Scholastic's line of Candy Apple books....

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