Lisa Tucker (author)
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Lisa Tucker is an American
author who is credited for three novels in young adult
and adult fiction. She grew up in suburban communities near Kansas City
and St. Louis, Missouri
. She has toured the Midwest with a jazz band, worked as a waitress, writing teacher, computer programmer, and math professor. Tucker holds a graduate degree in English
from the University of Pennsylvania
and a graduate degree in math from Villanova University
. Her short story works and novellas have appeared in national publications including Seventeen Magazine
, The Oxford American, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tucker currently resides in New Mexico
. Tucker has appeared in national book clubs (including support from retailers such as Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million), CBS's Early Show, in public radio, and in syndicated television programs. When she is not writing, she sings jazz as a pastime.
United States
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author who is credited for three novels in young adult
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
and adult fiction. She grew up in suburban communities near Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
and St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. She has toured the Midwest with a jazz band, worked as a waitress, writing teacher, computer programmer, and math professor. Tucker holds a graduate degree in English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and a graduate degree in math from Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
. Her short story works and novellas have appeared in national publications including Seventeen Magazine
Seventeen (magazine)
Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...
, The Oxford American, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tucker currently resides in New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. Tucker has appeared in national book clubs (including support from retailers such as Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million), CBS's Early Show, in public radio, and in syndicated television programs. When she is not writing, she sings jazz as a pastime.