Francess Lantz
Francess Lin Lantz (b. August 27, 1952, Trenton, New Jersey — d. November 22, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was an American children's librarian turned fiction writer, whose fanbase was mostly preteen and teenaged girls.
Lantz authored, among other works:
- Woodstock Magic (Avon)
- Fade Far Away (HarperCollins, 1998)
- Stepsister from Planet Weird (Random House, 1996)
- You're the One series
- Luna Bay surfer girl series[1]
For more than two decades Lantz wrote more than 30 books, including several juvenile bestsellers. She won the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults award for her 1997 romance, Someone to Love. Stepsister from Planet Weird (Random House, 1996) was made into a Disney Channel television movie in 2000.[2]
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[edit] Early years
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Lantz was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She initially aspired to become a rock musician and composer. She graduated in 1974 from Dickinson College (in Pennsylvania) and from Simmons College (in Boston) in 1975, where she earned a master's degree in library sciences.[3]
[edit] Death
She died in Santa Barbara, California in 2004 following a five years long battle with ovarian cancer; she was 52 years old.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Francess Lantz bibliography
- ^ IMDb profile
- ^ Los Angeles Times obituary
- ^ Details of Lantz's death
[edit] Sources
- Authors and Artists for Young Adults. (The Gale Group, Inc., 1989+; part of the Thomson Corporation)
[edit] External links
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- 1952 births
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- American librarians
- American children's writers
- American novelists
- Cancer deaths in California
- Deaths from ovarian cancer
- Dickinson College alumni
- People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- People from Santa Barbara, California
- People from Trenton, New Jersey
- Simmons College (Massachusetts) alumni
- Library and information science biography stubs
