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"Rock Star" bio:
Lisa Tolin is not a rock star, but she can jam on a mean (computer) keyboard. She is a journalist and editor who has worked for major news organizations. How to Be a Rock Star is her debut picture book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two young sons, who provided the inspiration for the book. Learn about Lisa at www.lisatolin.com and follow her on Twitter @lisatolin. Short bio: Lisa Tolin is a journalist and editor who has covered arts and entertainment, lifestyles, health, and breaking news for major news organizations. How to Be a Rock Star is her debut picture book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two young sons, who provided the inspiration for the book. Learn about Lisa at www.lisatolin.com and follow her on Twitter @lisatolin. Not-so-short bio: Lisa Tolin has worked for more than two decades as a journalist and editor at NBC News and The Associated Press, with bylines in Insider, Fatherly and more. She covered breaking news from hurricanes and crime to the COVID-19 crisis. She's overseen entertainment coverage and interviewed a number of celebrities including Yoko Ono (the subject of Lisa's next picture book, "Can You Imagine? The Life and Art of Yoko Ono"). She's directed coverage of health news and stories about the way we live today, from food and fashion to relationships and parenting. Her family inspired her to pursue a longtime dream of writing for children. Reading to her sons, she rediscovered a love of picture books reaching back to a childhood with "Where the Wild Things Are," "The Monster at the End of This Book" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" that spoke to her quirky sensibility. "How to Be a Rock Star" is inspired by her children. Her oldest son has been singing since he could talk, and jamming on guitar from the age of 18 months. When his younger brother was born, he had to make some adjustments to his musical career -- but hey, that's rock 'n roll. Learn about Lisa at www.lisatolin.com and follow her on Twitter @lisatolin. |
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