Lisa Rojany Explained

Lisa Rojany
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Alma Mater:UCLA, La Sorbonne Université, Alliance Française, Brown University
Education:Master's degree in English and American literature
Occupation:Author, editor and publishing executive
Genre:Children's literature, young adult nonfiction, adult nonfiction
Notableworks:Writing Children's Books for Dummies, Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz

Lisa Rojany (born February 14, 1964) is an American author, editor and publishing executive.

She has written dozens of children's books[1] [2] [3] and was the lead author of Writing Children's Book for Dummies [Wiley, 2005, 2013][4] – an Amazon Bestseller[5] about the process of writing, promoting, and publishing a book.[6] She also co-wrote (with Julie Stav) the New York Times Bestselling adult nonfiction Fund Your Future [Berkley 2002].[7] [8]

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,[9] and has received notoriety from Candles Holocaust Museum,[10] the Jewish Book Council,[11] as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu,[12] among others.

Her books have been translated to Spanish,[13] [14] German,[15] Polish,[16] Romanian,[17] 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[18] 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.[19]

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,[20] Gateway Learning Corp (Hooked on Phonics), and MyPotential.com.[21] [22]

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[23] as well as a reviewer,[24] and is listed as a writer for Tanglewood Books.[25] She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators,[26] Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who, and the Authors Guild.

Published works

Adult nonfiction

Young adult nonfiction

Young adult fiction

Juvenile fiction/Children's books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rojany-Buccieri, Lisa. WorldCat.
  2. Web site: Lisa Rojany Buccieri. Simon & Schuster. en. 2019-12-02.
  3. Web site: Lisa Rojany Buccieri, author and editor. Patricia Newman. en-US. 2019-12-02.
  4. Book: Writing Children's Books For Dummies. Buccieri. Lisa Rojany. Economy. Peter. December 17, 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-35646-3. en.
  5. Book: Writing Children's Books For Dummies, 2nd Edition. December 17, 2012. 978-1118356463. Rojany. Lisa. Economy. Peter.
  6. http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1160&context=creativeprojects
  7. Web site: Lisa Rojany Buccieri. www.goodreads.com. 2019-12-02.
  8. News: Hardcover Business Best Sellers. January 13, 2002. The New York Times. 2019-12-03. en-US. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: ABC Best Books for Young Readers Titles Revealed. September 22, 2017. the American Booksellers Association. 2019-12-03.
  10. Web site: Surviving the Angel of Death by Eva Mozes Kor. candlesholocaustmuseum.org. en. 2019-12-02.
  11. Book: Surviving the Angel of Death. 2009. 978-1-933718-28-6. en. registration.
  12. Web site: Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz Tanglewood Publishing. en. 2019-12-02.
  13. Web site: Invierte en Tu Futuro. www.goodreads.com. 2019-12-02.
  14. Book: Sobrevivir al ángel de la muerte. October 9, 2018. 978-1939100214. Kor. Eva Mozes. Buccieri. Lisa.
  15. Web site: Ich habe den Todesengel überlebt. OverDrive. 2019-12-02.
  16. Web site: Eva Mozes Kor, Lisa Rojany Buccieri – "Przetrwałam. Życie ofiary Josefa Mengele" – recenzja i ocena - Histmag.org. histmag.org. 2019-12-03.
  17. Book: Am Supravietuit Lagarului Mortii. 978-6069327463. Kor. Eva Mozes. 2012.
  18. Web site: Sherman Oaks Multifamily Property Trades for over $23 Million. INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES. en-US. 2019-12-02.
  19. Web site: Kensington Publishing Corp: Mary Marks. www.kensingtonbooks.com. 2019-12-02.
  20. Web site: Lisa Rojany Buccieri, author and editor. Patricia Newman. en-US. 2019-12-04.
  21. Web site: Publishers Marketplace: Lisa Rojany. www.publishersmarketplace.com. 2019-12-04.
  22. Web site: Lisa Rojany. LinkedIn.
  23. Web site: New Book Review Site Launches. www.publishersweekly.com. 2019-12-04.
  24. Web site: Lisa Rojany new york journal of books. www.nyjournalofbooks.com. 2019-12-09.
  25. Web site: Lisa Rojany Tanglewood Publishing. en. 2019-12-02.
  26. Web site: SCBWI Public Profile. en-US. 2019-12-02.

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