Lisa Mantchev is an American author of fantasy novels and short stories. She is best known for her Théâtre Illuminata series, a trilogy of young adult fantasy novels.
Her book Eyes Like Stars, the first in the Théâtre Illuminata series, was nominated for the 2009 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy."2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot" Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. It was also nominated for the 2010 Mythopoeic Award for Children’s Literature."The Locus Index to SF Awards" LOCUS Magazine. NPR selected the third book in the series, So Silver Bright, as one of 2011’s Top 5 YA Novels.“The Teens Are All Right: 2011's Top 5 YA Novels”, Marissa Meyer, NPR.org, December 19, 2011.
Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine,“Threads of Red and White”, Lisa Mantchev, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 2007. Weird Tales,"As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers" , James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev, Weird Tales #355 (Spring 2010). Strange Horizons,“The Taste of Chicory at High Tide” , Lisa Mantchev, Strange Horizons, 19 December 2005. and Faerie Magazine.
Her first picture book, Strictly No Elephants, was published in October 2015. It was included in the CCBC Choices 2016 List and is the recipient of an NCTE 2016 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Honorable Mention.
Publications Eyes Like Stars, Feiwel & Friends, 2009 Perchance to Dream, Feiwel & Friends, 2010 So Silver Bright, Feiwel & Friends, 2011 Ticker, Skyscape, 2014 Sugar Skulls (co-authored with Glenn Dallas), Skyscape, 2015 Strictly No Elephants, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2015 Sister Day, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2017 Someday, Narwhal, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2017 Jinx and the Doom Fight Crime, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2018 Remarkables, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2019 Perfectly Perfect Wish, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2020 Twisty Turny House, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2021 The Trouble with Giraffes, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2025
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