Children's literature, young adult nonfiction, adult nonfiction
Notable works
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.
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.
Writing Children's Books for Dummies (with Peter Economy) [Wiley, 2005, 2013] [For Dummies; 2 edition, 2012] –
ISBN1118356462;
ISBN978-1118356463
Fund Your Future (With Julie Stav) [Berkley, 2002] –
ISBN0425183610
Young adult nonfiction
Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz (with Eva Kor) [Tanglewood; First Trade Paper edition, 2012] –
ISBN1933718579;
ISBN978-1933718576