Lisi harrisons biography
Lisi Harrison
Canadian writer
Elyse E. "Lisi" Harrison (née Gottlieb; born on July 29, 1970) is a Canadian novelist of young adult fiction, known for the three series The Clique, Alphas and Monster High.
Early life
Harrison was born Elyse E. Gottlieb and raised in Toronto, Ontario by her parents Ken and Shaila Gottlieb, along with a brother and a sister. She attended a Hebrew elementary school, then she attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute public high school. After graduating high school, she went to McGill University as a film major, but transferred after two years to study writing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Harrison graduated with a BFA in creative writing.
Career
Harrison worked for 12 years at MTV in New York City. She became the Senior Director of Development for development of shows for the network. Harrison said, "I learned what appeals to teens. I learned how to hold someone's attention. I learned that everyone wants to fit in and be accepted, no matter how old they are," of her experience while working at MTV. Her experience at the network was the inspiration for her bestselling series The Clique, because it reminded her of middle school life. She started writing the first two novels in the series while working at MTV so that she would still have a job if her writing career didn't work out. After selling over 9 million copies in her "Clique" series, Harrison quit her MTV job in June 2004 and focused on her writing career.
She has written seven young adult book series: The Clique, Alphas, Monster High, Pretenders, The Pack, Girl Stuff, and Graveyard Girls.The Clique series has 21 books, including a prequel, a summer collection and a dictionary-style book called the Cliquetionary. The Summer Collection is a collection of five individual books about each character's summer vacation. The Born Website http://lisiharrison.com Twitter lisiharrison Genre Young Adult, Contemporary, Chick Lit Member Since January 2015 edit data Lisi Harrison is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. In 2003, Lisi left her position as senior director of development at MTV Networks to write The Clique series (2013-2011), which sold more than eight million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two hundred weeks. Ten titles hit #1, and foreign rights were sold in thirty-three countries. Alphas was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and Monster High was an instant bestseller. In 2013 Lisi released her YA seriesPretenders and her first adult novel, The Dirty Book Club in 2017.In 2021 Lisi launched two new middle-grade series—Girl Stuff andThe Pack. Currently, she is working on a middle-grade series with New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus called Graveyard Girls (9.6.22). Lisi lives in Laguna Beach, California, where she leads Drama Free Friend workshops that teach kids, and their parents, how to have healthy, drama-free friendships. PERSONAL: Female. ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Little, Brown, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. CAREER: Writer. Music Television Productions, New York, NY, began as director of production development, senior director, 2003–, created and developed television programs, including Room Raiders. Former magazine columnist. The Clique, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004. Best Friends for Never, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004. Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2005. Revenge of the Wannabes, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2005. WORK IN PROGRESS: Another book in the "Clique" series. SIDELIGHTS: Lisi Harrison is the author of the "Clique" series of books that follows a group of middle-school girls as they grow up and learn about life while dealing with the typical social problems kids face in school. In an interview on the Warner Books Web site, Harrison noted that the first novel in the series "was written for ages twelve years and up, but people of all ages seem to be getting something out it. I think that's because 'cliques', 'bullying' and the need to 'fit in' happen at every age. Trust me, even adults feel it." In the series opener, The Clique, young Claire moves with her family into the guest house of a family friend whose daughter, Massie, is the snobbish leader of a school clique made up of similarly wealth, bratty kids. Although Massie's parents try to force her to befriend Claire, the two girls instead start an ongoing battle as Massie and her friends see Claire as an outcast who dresses funny and deserves all the torment they heap upon her. For her part, Claire is wise enough to figure out the perfect revenge. A Publishers Weekly contributor felt the two main characters "stay pretty superficial, unchanged by their victories and defeats." While Diana Pierce, writing in the School Library Journal, did not lik
Lisi Harrison
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Lisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.
Lisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.
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"CLIQUE" NOVEL SERIES