[2] Her first novel, WAKE, debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's chapter books.

[3] She is also the author of FADE, which debuted on the New York Times best-seller list and remained there eleven weeks,[4] and of GONE, the last book in the WAKE series, which was released February 2010.

One year later, her story, "Like Waves on Rocks"[5] was published in the Gator Springs Gazette.

The WAKE trilogy has been translated into the following languages (note: not all of the books are out in these countries): Lisa is married to fellow writer and musician, Matt McMann, and they have two adult children.

Kennedy was cast in Nancy Drew as the titular character, in a CW series.