Lisa McMann was born February 27, 1968, in Holland, Michigan and now lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Her first novel, WAKE, debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's chapter book. She is also the author of FADE, which debuted on the New York Times best seller list and remained there eleven weeks.
Both of her books were published by Simon & Schuster. Lisa McMann is also a mother of two, and published a creative nonfiction essay, "When You're Ten," in Literary Mama.