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Lisi Harrison Born Elyse E. Gottlieb
July 29(age 42 - 51)[1]
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOccupation Novelist Period 2004-present Genres Young-adult fiction Spouse(s) Kevin Harrison Children 2 [2]
lisiharrison.net/home.htmlLisi Harrison (born Elyse E. Gottlieb on July 29, 1970, Toronto, Canada[3]) is a Canadian-born United States-based author of young adult novels.[4]
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Background
Harrison was born in Toronto to Shaila and Ken Gottlieb. Up until ninth grade she went to a local Hebrew school, then switched to Forest Hill Collegiate, a public high school.
When she was eighteen she moved to Montreal to become a film major in McGill University. After two year she left McGill to become a writer. She transferred to Emerson College (in Boston), where she eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Soon after graduating, Harrison managed to get a casting job on an MTV game show called Lip Service. For twelve years, she worked at MTV, working her way up to Senior Director of Development, after serving as headwriter.
While still at MTV, she wrote the first two books of her Clique series: The Clique and Best Friends For Never. By June 2004, she quit her job and was planning to write full time. In January 2007 she relocated to Laguna Beach, California.
Books
- Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee (The Clique Prequel)
- The Clique
- Best Friends For Never
- Revenge of the Wannabes
- Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
- The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
- Dial L For Loser
- It's Not Easy Being Mean
- Sealed With a Diss
- Bratfest at Tiffany's
- P.S. I Loathe You
- Boys R Us
- These Boots Are Made For Stalking
- My Little Phony
- A Tale Of Two Pretties
The Clique Summer Collection
- Massie
- Dylan
- Alicia
- Kristen
- Claire
Other Clique Titles
- Cliquetionary: The Wit and Wisdom of The Clique
The Alpha Series
- Alphas
- Movers and Fakers
- Belle of the Brawl
- Top of the Feud Chain
Monster High Series
- Monster High
- Monster High: The Ghoul Next Door
- Monster High: Where There's A Wolf, There's A Way
- Monster High: Back and Deader than Ever (May 8, 2012)
References
- ^ Harrison, Lisi. "Lisi Harrison". LisiHarrison.net. http://www.lisiharrison.net/home.html.
- ^ http://www.coastlinepilot.com/news/tn-cpt-0415-harrison-20110414,0,5004850.story
- ^ Harrison, Lisi. "LisiHarrison". LisiHarrison.net. http://www.lisiharrison.net/lisi_harrison.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ Mattel Launches Monster High
External links
- Official website
- Lisi Harrison interview at Teenreads.com
- Lisi Harrison's blog: Lisi Harrison Blah-g
Categories:- Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
- Emerson College alumni
- Living people
- 1960s births
- People from Toronto
- The Clique (series)
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