Lisa McMann
Lisa McMann (born February 27, 1968) is an American author and the creator of The Unwanteds and The Unwanteds Quests series for young readers and the WAKE trilogy for young adults. McMann was born in Holland, Michigan and now lives in Tempe, Arizona. She graduated from Calvin College in 1990. Her first novel, "WAKE", debuted on the "New York Times" best-seller list for children’s chapter books. She is also the author of "FADE", which debuted on the "New York Times" best-seller list and remained there eleven weeks, and of "GONE", the last book in the  WAKE series, which was released February 2010. McMann has published many short stories, including the creative nonfiction essay, “When You're Ten,” featured in "Literary Mama," and the award-winning short story, “The Day of the Shoes,” in 2004. One year later, her story, “Like Waves on Rocks” was published in the "Gator Springs Gazette". McMann's short stories are written for adult audiences while her novels are intended for young adults. WAKE Trilogy Translations. The WAKE trilogy has been translated into the following languages (note: not all of the books are out in these countries): Personal life. Lisa is  married to fellow writer and musician, Matt McMann, and they have two adult children. Her son is an artist named Kilian McMann and her daughter is an actress, Kennedy McMann. Kennedy was cast in "Nancy Drew" as the titular character, in the new CW series.