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Lisa Mannetti

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Lisa Mannetti’s debut novel, The Gentling Box, garnered a Bram Stoker Award and she has since been nominated four times for the prominent award in both the short and long fiction categories: Her story, “Everybody Wins,” was made into a short film and her novella, “Dissolution,” will soon be a feature-length film directed by Paul Leyden. Recent short stories include, “Esmeralda’s Stocking” in Never Fear: Christmas Terrors; “Resurgam” in Zombies: More Recent Dead edited by Paula Guran, “The Hermit” in Never Fear: The Tarot, and “Arbeit Macht Frei” in Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories. Her work, including The Gentling Box, and “1925: A Fall River Halloween,” and The Box Jumper has been translated into Italian.
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Interview with Robert Dunbar

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	The Gentling Box 3.80 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Box Jumper 4.15 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 New Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (Young Adult Version): by Lisa Mannetti (Goodreads Author), Weldon Burge (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Deathwatch 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 New Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	51 Fiendish Ways to Leave Your Lover by Lisa Mannetti (Goodreads Author), Glenn Chadbourne (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“We're all of us, always on the edge of bereavement.”
― Lisa Mannetti, The Gentling Box

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“Can you imagine anything uglier than manipulating people's sincere belief in God to convince them you're genuine--the real, honest-to-Jesus ticket-when you're just about to scheme as many dollars as you can out of their pocketbooks? It's disgusting.”
― Lisa Mannetti, The Box Jumper

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“xxx not every suspicion--no matter how overwhelming or absolute it seems--is correct. Not everything we fear--not every intuition that shakes us to our core--comes to pass.”
― Lisa Mannetti, The Box Jumper

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen

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message 10: by Lisa

May 31, 2009 05:58AM

Thanks, Ed...much appreciated!
Hope you have a great Sunday that segues into an even better week ahead!

Best,

Lisa

p.s. GBox is on Amazon, B & N, Horror Mall (etc.) and my website is www.lisamannetti.com if you want to poke around at all....

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message 9: by Ed

May 31, 2009 05:22AM

Hi Lisa, Thank you for the friend invite. I will look for THE GENTLING BOX, and best for it. I just finished reading a Jack Ketcham title. Have a great Sunday and week, Ed

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message 8: by Lisa

Mar 23, 2009 03:04AM

Ciao, Rita and mille grazie!
~Lisa

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message 7: by Rita

Mar 23, 2009 02:16AM