Lisa McMann Quotes

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Lisa McMann

Profession : Author

Birth : February 27, 1968

I went to Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan, and to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.

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I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor.

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I would love to go to Greece.

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I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman, Michelle Magorian, Heather Bouwman.

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I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day.

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Seriously, I dreamed that I was in my husband's dream, watching what he was dreaming about. Like, I was in his dream as an onlooker. It was so weird that I immediately wrote it down in the middle of the night. In the morning, it still sounded cool.

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I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky.

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I've always found teenagers really interesting. I think they've got so much going on in their lives, so that lends itself really well to fiction because there's so much drama, so much activity, so much growth.

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I don't see a day when teenagers don't read. They are very enthusiastic. That is so inspiring to me.

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Nearly every notable event in 'Wake' has a date or a time stamp.

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Who hasn't had the 'I went to school/work in my underwear' dream?

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