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Lois Duncan
Her real last name is Arquette
Lois Duncan Steinmetz about 1947
BornLois Duncan Steinmetz
(1934-04-28) April 28, 1934 (age 90)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pen nameLois Kerry
OccupationWriter, journalist
NationalityAmerican
Period1947-present
GenreYoung-adult mystery fiction, supernatural fiction, children's poetry and picture books
Notable awardsMargaret Edwards Award
1992
Website
http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/index.htm
Her father, Joseph Janney Steinmetz

Lois Duncan (born April 28, 1934)[1] is an American writer of children's books, best known for young-adult novels of suspense. She wrote two early novels under the pen name Lois Kerry.[2][3]

Duncan received the annual Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1992 recognizing her body of work to that time for ""significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".[4]

Life and career

Lois Duncan Steinmetz was born to photographers Lois Duncan (née Foley)[5] and Joseph Janney Steinmetz.[6] She was born in Philadelphia but grew up in Sarasota, Florida. She started writing and submitting manuscripts to magazines at age 10 and sold her first story at age 13.[1]

Duncan attended Duke University from 1952 to 1953[1] but dropped out, married, and started a family. During this time, she continued to write and publish magazine articles; she has written more than 300 articles published in magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, and Reader's Digest. Her first marriage produced three children and ended in divorce. Later she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to teach journalism at the University of New Mexico,[7] where she also earned a B.A. in English in 1977. In 1965 she married Don Arquette; they had two children.[1]

Duncan is best known for her novels of suspense for teenagers. Some of her works have been adapted for the screen, the most famous example being the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer, adapted from her novel of the same title. She in interviews has stated her distaste at her young adult novel becoming a horror comedy film.[citation needed]

In 1989 the youngest of Duncan's children, Kaitlyn Arquette, was murdered in Albuquerque under suspicious circumstances. Who Killed My Daughter? relates fact and conjecture about the still unsolved case.[7] Duncan has said that her "dream is to write a sequel to Who killed My Daughter? to give our family's true life horror story a closure. Of course, for that to be possible, Kait's case must be solved."[8]

The 1971 children's book Hotel for Dogs has been adapted as a 2009 film of the same name starring Emma Roberts. Duncan appears as an extra in the crowd scene.[citation needed]

Selected works

This is an incomplete list of Duncan's published works.[9]

Anthologies edited

  • Night Terrors (1996)
  • Trapped! (1998)
  • On the Edge (2000)

Autobiography

Picture books

Duncan identifies these works as "picture books".[9]

Other

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lois Duncan". The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu). February 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Love Song for Joyce". Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC). Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  3. ^ a b "A promise for Joyce". LCC record. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  4. ^ "Margaret A. Edwards Winners" (to 2008). Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). ALA. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
    As of March 2013 the Award homepage at YALSA, "Edwards Award", incorporates a list of recipient names to 2012, each linked to its Edwards Award citation.
  5. ^ [1]. Google Books: Something About the Author, Volume 75 by Diane Telgen (Gale, 1994) — search hit evidently attests "nee Foley" and "(Lois Kerry)"
  6. ^ [2]. Google Books: Presenting Lois Duncan by Cosette N. Kiew (Twayne, 1993) — publisher description thereof?
  7. ^ a b Matthew Lavelle (Spring 2007). ""Duncan, Lois"". Pennsylvania Center for the Book (psu.edu). Retrieved 2007-05-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Author Profile: Lois Duncan". Teenreads (teenreads.com). 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Interview transcript with preface.
  9. ^ a b "Books & Awards". Lois Duncan (loisduncan.arquettes.com). no date. Retrieved 2007-05-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Psychic connections : a journey into the mysterious world of psi". LCC record. Retrieved 2013-03-11. Quote publisher description: "the basic book on parapsychology".

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