Papademetriou biography
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Papademetriou, Lisa
PERSONAL:
Born in Pol, TX; wedded. Education: Vassar College, correct. Hobbies opinion other interests: Knitting, 1880s music, "playing guitar (badly)."
ADDRESSES:
Home—Northampton, MA. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Writer for descendants. Former tutor of Arts in Guatemala City, Guatemala; Scholastic, Inc., New Royalty, NY, stool pigeon assistant editor; former copy editor for Ordinal Street Productions, HarperCollins Publishers, and Filmmaker Press.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Texas Lone Morning star Reading Splash, 2007-08, choose The Adept, the Make the first move, and Figure Girls superior Jersey.
WRITINGS:
FOR CHILDREN
(With Christopher Tebbetts) MorF?, Auk (New Royalty, NY), 2005.
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2005.
Prilla's Prize ("Disney Fairies" series), Filmmaker Press (New York, NY), 2006.
Rani fall the Mermaid Lagoon ("Disney Fairies" series), Random Residence (New Dynasty, NY), 2006.
The Wizard, description Witch, soar Two Girls from Jersey, Razorbill/Penguin (New York, NY), 2006.
How fall prey to Be a Girly Lass in Unprejudiced Ten Days ("Candy Apple" series), Philosopher (New Dynasty, NY), 2007.
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Lisa Papademetriou
American author of young adult fiction (born 1971)
Lisa Papademetriou | |
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| Born | (1971-08-25) August 25, 1971 (age 53) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2005-present |
| Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
| Notable works | Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me The Wizard, The Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey |
| Spouse | Ali Usman |
| Children | 1 |
| www.lisapapa.com | |
Lisa Papademetriou (born August 25, 1971) is an American author of young adult fiction.
Life and career
[edit]Papademetriou was born August 25, 1971, and grew up in Houston, Texas, attending West University Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Episcopal High School of Houston.[1] She graduated from Vassar College in 1993. Her first book, Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me, was published in 2006 [2] by Hyperion. She has written/adapted over thirty books for children and young adults. Her 2005 book, M or F? : a novel is in over 500 libraries according to WorldCat. She also wrote the "Accidentally" series (Accidentally Fabulous, Accidentally Famous, Accidentally Fooled, and Accidentally Friends), How to Be a Girly Girl in Just 10 Days, and Ice Dreams for Scholastic's line of Candy Apple books.
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Rev. Fr. George Papademetriou
Fr. George C. Papademetriou was born on April 11, 1932 in Petralona, Evrytania, Greece, to devout parents: Rev. Constantine and Presvytera Ourania Papademetriou. He comes from a long line of priests.
Fr. George arrived in the United States as a young boy with his mother Presvytera Ourania, sister Olga Marudas, and brothers Rev. Spyridon, John (who as an American soldier was killed in action in Korea), Evangelos, and Alkiviadis. (His father, Rev. Constantine, had already come to the United States.) He attended high school in Moline, Illinois, where his father served as a priest at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. In his senior year of high school, his father was transferred to St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Church in Clairton, Pennsylvania, where Fr. George graduated from Clairton High School.
In 1959, Fr. George graduated from Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1960, he married the former Athanasia Antoniou, and one month later, he was ordained to the priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos, of blessed memory, at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church in Greenlawn, New York.
Fr. George served the faithful in all his parishes with great energy and zeal. His first parish was St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort