Welcome to the website of New York Times bestselling author, Lisa McMann. Her first novel WAKE is nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. WAKE's sequel is called FADE (on-sale February 24, 2009). These are paranormal novels with a splash of romance for teens, published by Simon Pulse.

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What's WAKE about?

For 17 year-old Janie Hannagan, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but- nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her half a lifetime. She can't tell anybody about what she does; they'd never believe her or, worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. Because for the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....