Lisi Harrison
{{Short description|Canadian writer}}
{{Infobox writer
| image =Lisi Harrison by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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| name = Lisi Harrison
| caption = Harrison at the 2023 WonderCon
| pseudonym = Lisi Harrison
| birth_name = Elyse E. Gottlieb
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada{{cite web|url=http://lisiharrison.com/about/|title=About|date=2 August 2012|work=lisiharrison.com|access-date=10 January 2017}}
| occupation = Novelist
| period = 2004-present
| genre = Fiction
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| spouse =
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| children = 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/tn-cpt-0415-harrison-20110414-story.html|title=Hard to write in beautiful Laguna, but write she does|first=Joanna|last=Clay|work=Los Angeles Times|date=15 April 2011 |access-date=10 January 2017}}
| website = {{URL|lisiharrison.com}}
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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.{{Cite web |url=http://pickapoppy.com/page/poppy-series |title=Poppy Series - Pick a Poppy |access-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010153711/http://pickapoppy.com/page/poppy-series |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bookdivas.com/interviews/2010/03/interview-lisi-harrison |title=Interview with Lisi Harrison | Book Divas |access-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909092003/http://www.bookdivas.com/interviews/2010/03/interview-lisi-harrison |archive-date=2012-09-09 }} 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.{{cite web |title=Lisi Harrison |url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/lisi-harrison/ |website=FantasticFiction |access-date=20 August 2024}} 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 Alphas series contains four books, and the Monster High series also contains four books.
Harrison's first adult series, The Dirty Book Club, was released on October 10, 2017.
Personal life
Harrison married Kevin Harrison, a television production executive, in August 2002. They met in 1995 while working on "MTV Beach House" in Malibu, and had two children together. Lisi and Kevin divorced around 2017.{{cite web |title=The Soul-er Eclipse of My Heart |url=https://lisiharrison.com/updates/the-soul-er-eclipse-of-my-heart/ |website=Lisi Harrison |date=19 September 2017 |access-date=20 August 2024}} She currently resides in Laguna Beach, California.
Works
=The Clique series=
- The Clique (later also a movie)
- Best Friends for Never
- Revenge of the Wannabes
- Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
- The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
- Dial L for Loser
- It's Not Easy Being Mean
- Sealed with a Diss
- The Clique Summer Collection: Massie
- The Clique Summer Collection: Dylan
- The Clique Summer Collection: Alicia
- The Clique Summer Collection: Kristen
- The Clique Summer Collection: Claire
- Bratfest at Tiffany's
- P.S. I Loathe You
- Boys R Us
- These Boots Are Made for Stalking
- My Little Phony
- A Tale of Two Pretties
- Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee
- Cliquetionary: The Wit and Wisdom of the Clique
=Alphas series=
- Alphas
- Movers & Fakers
- Belle of the Brawl
- Top of the Feud Chain
=Monster High series=
- Monster High
- The Ghoul Next Door
- Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way
- Back and Deader Than Ever
- Drop Dead Diary
=Pretenders series=
- Pretenders
- License to Spill
=The Pack series=
- The Pack
- Claw & Order
- Two Truths and a Lion {{cite web |title=The Pack Series |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/FEP/the-pack/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=20 August 2024}}
=Girl Stuff series=
- girl stuff.
- crush stuff.
- awkward stuff. {{cite web |title=girl stuff Series|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GS6/girl-stuff/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=20 August 2024}}
=Graveyard Girls series=
- 1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War
- Scream for the Camera
- Season's Eatings
=Other=
- The Dirty Book Club
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://lisiharrison.com/}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:Canadian children's writers
Category:Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:Emerson College alumni