Lisa Papademetriou

Lisa Papademetriou started working in children’s publishing as an intern at the Horn Book Magazine and the Horn Book Guide while still a junior at Vassar College. Upon graduation, she moved to Guatemala City and taught high school English in a bilingual school. When she returned to the United States, she accepted a job as an editorial assistant at Scholastic, Inc., and has since worked in an editorial capacity at 17th Street Productions, HarperCollins Publishers, and Disney Press. She has written more than thirty books for young readers.