Dyan Sheldon
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Dyan Sheldon is an American novelist, who has written for adults, children and young adults. Originally from Brooklyn, she resides in London and has written a number of young adult novels as well as many picture books in a variety of genres. Her young adult science-fiction novel Perfect was published under the name "D. M. Quintano", as it was a departure from her usual style.
Dyan Sheldon's novel Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, a #1 New York Times bestseller, was made into a movie of the same name by Disney in 2004, starring Lindsay Lohan.
Selected bibliography
Adult novels
- Victim of Love (1982)
- Dreams of an Average Man (1985)
- My Life as a Whale (1992)
Young adult novels
- You Can Never Go Home Anymore (1993)
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1999)
- And Baby Makes Two (2000)
- My Perfect Life (2002)
- Planet Janet (2003)
- Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America (2005)
- Perfect (as D. M. Quintano) (2005)
- I Conquer Britain (2006)
- Confessions of a Hollywood Star (2005)
- Away for the weekend (2011)
- Tall, Thin and Blonde" (2012)
Children's novels
- Harry and Chicken (1990)
- My Brother Is a Visitor from Another Planet (1992)
- Only Binky (1993)
- Bad Place for a Bus Stop (1994)
- Lizzie and Charley Go Shopping (1999)
- Undercover Angel (2000)
- The Difficulties of Keeping Time (2008)
Picture books
- The Whales' Song (1991)
- Under the Moon (1994) (alternative title, The Garden)
- Unicorn Dreams (1997) (alternative title, Unicorn City)
- The Last Angel (2003)
- Vampire Across the Way (2004)