Lisa Jane Gillespie
Lisa Jane Gillespie (also known as Lisa Gillespie) is a writer of non-fictional texts for children and young adults. Born in Ireland and now based in London, she is the Managing Commissioning Editor at DK, a global publishing house. Prior to moving to DK, Gillespie was Senior Editor at Red Shed, an imprint of the publishing house Egmont. She also has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Trinity College, Dublin. She has contributed to books on a diverse range of subjects, including science, mathematics, archaeology and the ancient world. She was a copywriter and editor at Usborne Publishing during the period she wrote the text for the Sticker Greek Myths. Her latest book, 100 Steps for Science: How it Works and Why it Happened, was released in April 2017.
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com, and Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk
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