The Spellman Files [Paperback]

Lisa Lutz (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743295153
• ISBN-13: 978-0743295154
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,160,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lisa Lutz is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans, The Spellmans Strike Again and Heads you Lose (with David Hayward). Lutz has won the Alex award and has been nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Although she attended UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, the University of Leeds in England, and San Francisco State University, she still does not have a bachelor's degree. Lisa spent most of the 1990s hopping through a string of low-paying odd jobs while writing and rewriting the screenplay Plan B, a mob comedy. After the film was made in 2000, she vowed she would never write another screenplay. The latest in the Spellman saga, Trail of the Spellmans, will be released February, 2012. She lives somewhere in the continental United States.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the Spellmans, November 10, 2009

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This review is from: The Spellman Files (Hardcover)

The Spellman books are fnatastic. I love the wacky characters and the family dynamics in this book series. While reading the book I was torn between wishing I had a faimily this colorful and being thankful that I did not have a family like the Spellmans. The use of footnotes is very clever. You really have to pay attention as you read because the footnotes add a great deal to the story telling. You do need to read the books from this seris in order. All of the Spellman books are great. They are laugh out loud funny. Can't wait for Lisa Lutz to write another installment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The type of book great films are made of, August 12, 2010

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This review is from: The Spellman Files (Paperback)

It is clear when you read this book that Lisa Lutz cut her literary teeth writing screenplays. Everything from the layout to the character construction screams movies. And this is not a bad thing. In fact, it's great! As an avid reader of anything and everything that comes printed on paper, Lisa Lutz's approach was a delightful suprise.

The characters are wonderfully quirky - just strange enough to be endearing without crossing the line into completely unbelievable. The chemistry between Isabel and David is fantastic, as is the chemistry between the two Rae/y's (for an explanantion of this one, you'll have to read the book!). The only disappointment was Petra. I felt like she was an afterthought, a convenient foil whose character development was practically non-existent.

On the strength of this one book alone, Lisa Lutz has made it onto my "Most Adored Authors" list. I couldn't recommend it more highly. After all, when you find a book where even the acknowledgments make you laugh, you can't help but fall in love.