Lisa Magnum
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Biography
Lisa Mangum attended the University of Utah, graduating with honors with a degree in English. During her five years in college, she also worked at Waldenbooks, a mall-based bookstore chain.[1] Mangum cites the example of her mother, who was also a writer and editor, as a significant influence in her decision to become an editor.[2][3]
She was hired as an assistant editor for Bookcraft after graduating. Desert Book purchased Bookcraft in 1999, and she has worked for them ever since.[4] During her time as an editor, she has worked with several bestselling authors, such as Brandon Mull, Allie Codie and Jason F. Wright
Mangum released her first book, a time travel and romance novel titled The Hourglass Door, in May 2009. It won the Foreword Reviews INDIES award in the Best Young Adult Fiction category.[7] The Golden Spiralwas released in May 2010 and won in the same category as Hourglass. The final book in the trilogy, The Forgotten Locket, came out in June 2011, and was nominated in the same category as the first two.
Her first short story, "Sold Out", was published in the charity anthology, The Gruff Variations, in March 2012. After Hello, a stand-alone young adult romance set in New York City, was released in September 2012. At the 2012 Whitney Awards it won in the Best Young Adult General Novel category. Her first anthology, One Horn to Rule Them All, was released by Wordfire Press in August 2014. She has edited several additional anthologies for WordFire since then. Mangum became the Editorial Manager at Shadow Mountain (a division of Desert Book) in 2014.
She currently lives in Taylorsville, Utah with her husband, Tracy. She is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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