Lisa Rowe Fraustino is an American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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 and editor of children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

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Biography

In 1961 Lisa was born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Maine

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. She currently lives with her husband in Connecticut where she teaches at Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University

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Career

A professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University is a public, coeducational liberal arts university and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Eastern is located in Willimantic, Connecticut on . Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System...

, Lisa is also a visiting associate professor at the Hollins University

Hollins University

Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education, a private university located on a campus on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia and Botetourt County, Virginia...

 Graduate Program in Children's Literature. In 2006 Lisa was the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship with which she journeyed to Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 in order to teach and consult in children's literature at Mahasarakham University

Mahasarakham University

Mahasarakham University is a public university located in the province of Maha Sarakham in the northeast region of Thailand. Currently, the university has two main campuses, one on the outskirts of Mahasarakham province and another at Kamrieng district about 8 kilometres away on the Kalasin road...

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Scholarships

Lisa was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2006. She chronicled her experiences teaching and traveling through Thailand at her wikispace.

Novels

• The Hole in the Wall (Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature)
• Ash: A Novel (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults)
• I Walk in Dread: the Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials (Dear America
  Dear America
  Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
  
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• Grass and Sky

Anthologies

• Don't Cramp My Style: Stories About That Time of the Month
• Dirty Laundry
• Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories About Faith and Belief

External links

• Lisa's home page.
• Lisa's Thailand chronicle Wikispace.