Lisa Mangum


Lisa Mangum is an American author and editor best known for her young adult romance trilogy beginning with The Hourglass Door. She has worked as an editor at Deseret Book since 1997, and became the editorial manager at Shadow Mountain in 2014. She has edited several anthologies for WordFire Press, as well as authoring several short fiction and nonfiction works.
She received Foreword Reviews INDIES awards for the first two novels in The Hourglass Door trilogy. She also won two Whitney Awards: one for her 2012 novel, After Hello, and one for outstanding achievement in 2019.

Biography

Lisa Mangum attended the University of Utah, graduating with honors with a degree in English. During her five years in college, she also worked at Waldenbooks, a mall-based bookstore chain. Mangum cites the example of her mother, who was also a writer and editor, as a significant influence in her decision to become an editor.
She was hired as an assistant editor for Bookcraft after graduating. Deseret Book purchased Bookcraft in 1999, and she has worked for them ever since. During her time as an editor, she has worked with several bestselling authors, such as Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jason F. Wright.
Mangum released her first book, a time travel and romance novel titled The Hourglass Door, in May 2009. It won the Foreword Reviews INDIES award in the Best Young Adult Fiction category. The Golden Spiral was released in May 2010 and won in the same category as Hourglass. The final book in the trilogy, The Forgotten Locket, came out in June 2011, and was nominated in the same category as the first two.
Her first short story, "Sold Out", was published in the charity anthology, The Gruff Variations, in March 2012. After Hello, a stand-alone young adult romance set in New York City, was released in September 2012. At the 2012 Whitney Awards, it won in the Best Young Adult General Novel category. Her first anthology, One Horn to Rule Them All, was released by WordFire Press in August 2014. She has edited several additional anthologies for WordFire since then. Mangum became the Editorial Manager at Shadow Mountain in 2014.
She currently lives in Taylorsville, Utah with her husband, Tracy. She is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

''The Hourglass Door'' trilogy

  1. The Hourglass Door
  2. The Golden Spiral
  3. ''The Forgotten Locket''

    Standalone novels

  • ''After Hello''

    Anthologies

Mangum edited the following anthologies:
  • One Horn to Rule Them All
  • A Game of Horns
  • Dragon Writers
  • Undercurrents
  • X Marks the Spot
  • Hold Your Fire
  • Eat, Drink, and Be Wary
  • ''A Bit of Luck: Alternate Histories in Honor of Eric Flint''

    Short fiction

  • "Sold Out" in The Gruff Variations: Writing for Charity Anthology, Vol. 1 edited by Eric James Stone
  • "The Sirens' Song" in All Hallow's Eve Collection edited by Julie Ogborn, Lisa Shepherd, Jennie Stevens, and Cassidy Wadsworth
  • "Power Surge" in Heroic: Tales of the Extraordinary edited by Blake Casselman

    Nonfiction

;Saving Stories, Hunting Themes, The Writing Business series
Mangum has received multiple awards and nominations for her works.
YearOrganizationAward title,
Category		WorkResultRefs
2009Foreword ReviewsForeword Reviews INDIES
Best Young Adult Fiction		The Hourglass Door
2010Foreword ReviewsForeword Reviews INDIES
Best Young Adult Fiction		The Golden Spiral
2011Foreword ReviewsForeword Reviews INDIES
Best Young Adult Fiction		The Forgotten LocketNomitated
2012LDStorymakersWhitney Awards,
Best Young Adult General Novel		After HelloWon
2019LDStorymakersWhitney Awards,
Outstanding Achievement		-Won