Lisa Angowski Rogak is an American author, primarily of biographies and other non-fiction books. She is also a freelance magazine writer.
Barack Obama: In His Own Words, which Rogak edited, hit the New York Times bestseller list. Her biography of Stephen King, Haunted Heart, was nominated for a 2010 Edgar Award for Best Critical / Biographical Work.
Raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey, Rogak graduated from Saddle River Day School and briefly attended New York University before moving to New Hampshire.Chollett, Laurence. "Sticks: One woman's guide to adopting life in the country", The Record, October 16, 1994. Accessed February 18, 2025. "Rogak, 31, was born and raised in Glen Rock and graduated from Saddle River Country Day School."
Partial bibliography Pretzel Logic: A Novel, Williams Hill Publishing, 1999 Howard Dean: In His Own Words, St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, 2003 Death Warmed Over: Funeral Food, Rituals, and Customs from Around the World, Ten Speed Press, 2004 Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries, Globe Pequot, 2004 The Man Behind the Da Vinci Code: An Unauthorized Biography of Dan Brown, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005 Barack Obama: In His Own Words, PublicAffairs, 2008 A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein, St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, 2009 Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words, PublicAffairs, 2009 Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, 2010 And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and further rise) of Stephen Colbert, St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, 2011 Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs, St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books, 2011 Dogs of Courage: The Heroism and Heart of Working Dogs Around the World, St. Martin's Press, 2012 Dan Brown: The Unauthorized Biography, St. Martin's Press, 2013 One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another, St. Martin's Press, 2013 Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart, Thomas Dunne Books, 2014 Cats on the Job: 50 Fabulous Felines Who Purr, Mouse, and Even Sing for Their Supper, St. Martin's Press, 2015 The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World, St. Martin's Press, 2016 Rachel Maddow: A Biography, St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2020 Who is Alex Trebek?: A Biography, St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2020 Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS, St. Martin's Press, 2025
References
External links Lisa Rogak's Website Lisa Rogak on the Macmillan Website