Francine Pascal

Author profile

born

in New York, New York, The United States

May 13, 1938

gender

female

website

http://www.sweetvalley.com

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Broadway Musicals

influences

John Pascal and Michael Stewart

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Francine Pascal (May 13, 1938— ) is an American author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels. In 1982 she created the characters and the stories for the first six books and her agent, Amy Berkower of Writers House sold them to Bantam Books. Book number one is mostly written by Ms. Pascal. From then on she wrote the stories for every book ever published in the series. After the first book ghostwriters were hired and edited by Dan Weiss' packaging company.

Ms. Pascal was married to writer John Pascal (July 8, 1932 - January 7, 1981), and her brother was Broadway lyricist Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987).

She now divides her time between homes in New York and the south of France.

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Francine Pascal's Books

Average rating: 3.48 · 132,313 ratings · 4,980 reviews · 792 distinct works · Similar authors

	Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins, #1) by Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,691 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Love (Sweet Valley High, #1) by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 3,977 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless (Fearless, #1) by Francine Pascal, Tucker Shaw 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,701 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later 2.35 of 5 stars 2.35 avg rating — 4,574 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets (Sweet Valley High, #2) by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 1,822 ratings — published 1983 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing with Fire (Sweet Valley High, #3) by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 1,610 ratings — published 1983 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sam (Fearless, #2) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Run (Fearless, #3) 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power Play (Sweet Valley High, #4) by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William 3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 1,475 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High, #7) by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,224 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Francine Pascal

Sweet Valley High (158 books)
by Francine Pascal (creator), Kate William
3.3916217833632554 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 25,065 ratings

Fearless (36 books)
by Francine Pascal
3.9872934472934474 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 17,550 ratings

Sweet Valley Twins (118 books)
by Francine Pascal (Creator), Jamie Suzanne
3.4935666906417326 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 12,513 ratings

Sweet Valley University (63 books)
by Francine Pascal (Creator), Laurie John
3.411334552102377 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 4,376 ratings

Sweet Valley High Senior Year (48 books)
by Francine Pascal
3.3738839285714284 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 3,584 ratings

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“It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it.”
― Francine Pascal, Fearless

tags: bleeding, cool, ed-fargo, fearless, funny

108 people liked it

“He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.”
― Francine Pascal, Fearless

tags: ed-fargo, fearless, funny, modesty

72 people liked it

“When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it means, so now I use it all the time.”
― Francine Pascal, Fearless

tags: fearless

20 people liked it

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