Background
Lisa Rojany was born on February 14, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, United States, into the family of Avi Rojany and Mary Marks.
Lisa Rojany was born on February 14, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, United States, into the family of Avi Rojany and Mary Marks.
In 1986 Lisa received Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) at the University of California. Then she received Translation Certificate and Diplôme des Hautes at Sorbonne, Université de Paris, and Alliance Française, Finally, she earned Master of Arts at Brown University in 1989.
At Brown Lisa free-lanced at various publishing houses in Boston and embarked upon her children’s book writing and editorial career. Lisa Rojany has published over 100 books, including several award-winning and bestselling titles. She is also a publishing executive and editor with over 20 years of professional experience in the industry, and is the lead writer for "Writing Children’s Books for Dummies Second Edition". Her latest book, "Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz", with Eva Kor, got a stellar review by Archbishop Desmond Tutu; it was released in paperback in 2012 and has been published in numerous languages.
As well as spearheading four publishing startups, Ms. Rojany has simultaneously run her own successful business, Editorial Services of Los Angeles since 1990. She has been Editorial and Publishing Director for Golden Books, Price Stern Sloan/Penguin Group USA, Intervisual Books, Gateway Learning Corp, and other established publishing houses. Moreover, she is also Publisher & Editor in Chief of nyjournalofbooks.com, the premier online-only book review site.
Quotations: “What I like most about writing for children is that there are very few real boundaries. Kids don’t see limitations like we do, and I love being in the imaginative place where children live, a place where anything is possible. The world becomes a place with an infinite amount of adventure just waiting to happen.”
Ms. Rojany enjoys working with new and published writers of fiction and general nonfiction for all ages, helping them make their work the best it can be.