Wilk, Colby

About the Author Lisa Lillian Manfrede was born in Long Island, New York, on Easter Sunday, 1959. At age 2, she moved to Howard Beach, where she lived with her family of three sisters (one younger) and one older brother. In 1970, at age eleven, Lisa and her family moved to Orlando, Florida. Seven years later, she met her husband, Peter (A. Louis) Smith, while attending a local community college, and seeking part-time employment. She was taking Journalism, Creative Writing, Speech, Typing and Shorthand, and answered ad for a student majoring in Journalism or Creative Writing. Peter Smith, a wri...