Lisa Mantchev (Steamcon feature)
Series: Théâtre Illuminata #1
Published by Feiwel & Friends on July 7th 2009
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 352
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All her world’s a stage.
Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater.
She’s not an orphan, but she has no parents.
She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own.
That is, until now.
Enter Stage Right
NATE. Dashing pirate. Will do anything to protect Bertie.
COBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. Four tiny and incredibly annoying fairies. BERTIE’S sidekicks.
ARIEL. Seductive air spirit and Bertie’s weakness. The symbol of impending doom.
BERTIE. Our heroine.
Welcome to the Théâtre Illuminata, where the actors of every play ever written can be found behind the curtain. They were born to play their parts, and are bound to the Théâtre by The Book—an ancient and magical tome of scripts. Bertie is not one of them, but they are her family—and she is about to lose them all and the only home she has ever known.
Lisa Mantchev has written a debut novel that is dramatic, romantic, and witty, with an irresistible and irreverent cast of characters who are sure to enchant the audience.
Open Curtain
While walking around Steamcon V, watching panels and enjoying this crazy steampunk adventure I keep running into a very creative and absolutely wonderful author, Lisa Mantchev. So I figured, this being first and foremost a book blog, that I would give a shout out to her novel! Some of the panels she is a part of this weekend include Steampunk Reimagines Fairy Tales, Traditional vs. Self-publishing Death Match, From Page to Shelf and Choose-Your-Own Steampunk Adventure.
Here is a bit more about Lisa!
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I started writing short stories in the first grade and stored them in a pink and purple unicorn Trapper Keeper.
About the same time I started writing, I also started performing in community theater.
I was seven the first time we dyed my hair (black, for a production of South Pacific) and the
combination of writing, theater, and hair color fundamentally altered my brain chemistry.
By the time I hit high school, I’d performed in more than a dozen productions.
Then I wrote, directed, and produced my own children’s play at the local community theater
when I was sixteen. That won me two scholarships to University of CA, Irvine, where I continued
to study theater and playwriting. After graduation, I taught English at a French-American
elementary school, started their Drama After School Program, and continued to write short
stories. The summer of 2006, a friend dared me to write a novel, so I did. Originally
titled SCRIMSHAW, it was published as EYES LIKE STARS.
With the theater trilogy complete, I have a new series in development.
I get up at five in the morning to write and edit.
Don’t get between me and the coffee if you value your fingers.
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