Lisa Trumbauer
{{short description|American children's book author, born 1963}}
Lisa Trutkoff Trumbauer (February 15, 1963 - August 28, 2008) was a prolific American author of children's books.{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/trumbauer-lisa-trutkoff-1963|title=Trumbauer, Lisa (Trutkoff) 1963- | Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.centraljersey.com/2008/09/04/lisa-trumbauer/|title=Lisa Trumbauer – Central Jersey Archives|date=September 4, 2008}}
Early life and education
Trumbauer was born in The Bronx, New York City, on February 15, 1963, to Fred and Sigrid Trutkoff.Trumbauer, Lisa (Trutkoff) 1963-. [s. l.]: Gale, 2004. v. 223ISBN 978-0-7876-9354-1. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgvr&AN=edsgcl.3413700287&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 18 jul. 2022. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.
Trumbauer became a children's author, often of "explainer" books about science (What is Electricity? (2004), What is Gravity (2004), Forces and Motion (1989)), although she also wrote some young adult light fiction (The Runaway Valentines (1993)). In 2006, Nina Hess, editor of the Mirrorstone imprint at Wizards of the Coast that produced children's picture books, asked Trumbauer to write Mirrorstone's first title, A Practical Guide to Dragons.{{cite web | url = https://afuse8production.slj.com/2007/10/30/monsters-are-forever-forever-forever/ | title = Monsters Are Forever, Forever, Forever . . . | last = Bird| first = Betsy| date = 2007-10-30| website = School Library Journal| access-date = 2023-12-30}} The book became a New York Times Bestseller in the category "Children's Books."{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/books/bestseller/childrens-books.html| title = Bestsellers: Children's Books| date = 2006-10-22| website = New York Times| access-date = 2023-12-30}}
The website Library Things lists 330 titles to Trumbauer's credit.{{cite web| url = https://www.librarything.com/author/trumbauerlisa| title = Lisa Trumbauer| website = Library Thing| access-date = 2023-12-30}} Trumbauer was a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Selected publications
=Non-fiction=
- All About Light (2004)
- All About Sound (2004)
- What Is Electricity? (2004)
- Philadelphia: Home of Liberty (2002)
- The Sahara Desert (2002)
- At the Eiffel Tower (2002)
- National Parks (2002)
- Visit the Capitol
- What Is Gravity? (2004)
- Titanic - Lost and Found (date unknown)
=Fantasy fiction=
- Dungeons & Dragons novel Hidden Dragon (June 2005){{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndnovel/967020000 |title=The Hidden Dragon |website=www.wizards.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204115456/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndnovel/967020000 |archive-date=2005-02-04}}
- A Practical Guide to Vampires, Mirrorstone Books, 2009, ISBN 9780786952434{{Cite web |last=Lodge {{!}} |first=Sally |title=Children's Books for Fall: M |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/1-legacy/23-children-s-book-reviews/article/12079-children-s-books-for-fall-m.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}ROSENBLUM, D. A Practical Guide to Vampires. School Library Journal, [s. l.], v. 55, n. 11, p. 123, 2009. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=44980654&site=eds-live&scope=site {{dead link|date=August 2022}}. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2022.
- Mystery of Canyon Creek
- A Practical Guide to Dragons{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|356425667}} |last1=Margison |first1=Gloria |title=February is Library Lover's Month in Cranbrook |newspaper=Daily Townsman |date=4 February 2008 |page=5 }}
- Has Anyone Seen My Green Dinosaur
- I Swear I Saw a Witch in Washington
- A Practical Guide to Dragon Riding, Mirrorstone Books{{Cite web |last=Lodge {{!}} |first=Sally |title=Children's Books for Fall: M - P |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080721/4095-children-s-books-for-fall-m-p.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|436961157}} |last1=Collison |first1=Cathy |title=DOG DAYS READING |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=5 August 2008 |page=D8 }}
Personal life
Trumbauer was married and lived in Hillsborough, New Jersey. She died in her home on August 28, 2008.
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