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Lisa Lutz

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Lisa Lutz grew up in Southern California. After graduating high school, she attended UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, University of Leeds in England and San Francisco State University, although she still does not have a bachelor's degree.

Lisa spent most of the 1990s hopping from a string of low-paying odd jobs while writing and rewriting a mob comedy called Plan B. After it was made in 2000, Lisa vowed she would never write another screenplay. She began working on The Spellman Files in January of 2004. In the fall of that year, she drove across the country and moved into a 200-year-old house in the town of Westernville, New York (pop. 300). It was there Lisa shoveled snow and wrote the bulk of her first novel.

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How to Negotiate Everything now available!

Today is book launch day forHow to Negotiate Everything!

If you're in the Seattle area come to Secret Garden Books in Ballard tonight (May 21st, 7pm) to meet illustrator Jaime Temairik in person. It's sure to be a fun event. (Sorry, Lisa won't be attending this event.) You can also read Jaime's behind-the-scenes inspiration for her illustrations on her blog.

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Lisa Lutz's Books

Average rating: 3.98 · 44,161 ratings · 6,062 reviews · 17 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 15,907 ratings — published 2007 — 40 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 8,880 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #2) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 7,509 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spellmans Strike Again (The Spellmans, #4) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 5,682 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trail of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #5) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 3,598 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads Author), David Hayward (Goodreads Author) 3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 2,411 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spellman Series Box Set 1 - 4 (The Spellmans, #1-4) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Word (The Spellmans, #6) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lisa Lutz Spellman Series E-Sampler 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Negotiate Everything by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads Author), Jaime Temairik (Illustrations), David Spellman 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Spellmans (6 books)
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Beautiful Ruins

by Jess Walter

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Hitch-22: A Memoir

by Christopher Hitchens

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A History of Western Philosophy

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Lisa Lutz wrote a new blog post How to Negotiate Everything now available! Today is book launch day forHow to Negotiate Everything! If you're in the Seattle area come to Secret Garden Books in Ballard tonight (May 21st, 7pm... Read more of this blog post »
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Lisa Lutz is currently reading Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz added The Expats by Chris Pavone (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz made a comment in the group Ask Lisa Lutz! — Ask Lisa about The Spellmans topic "The 6th book won't be until July 2013. Thanks for asking!"
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Lisa Lutz added The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz added Vanishing Act (Jane Whitefield, #1) by Thomas Perry	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz added Wild Thing (Peter Brown #2) by Josh Bazell	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz added The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession by David Grann	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Lutz added A Cold Day in Paradise (Alex McKnight, #1) by Steve Hamilton (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Lisa Lutz

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

tags: adapt, change, philosophy, psychology, truth, wisdom

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“I have a weakness for tough guys who read." - Izzy Spellman”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

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“If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever." - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae”
― Lisa Lutz, Curse of the Spellmans

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