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Lois Duncan
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Who would have guessed that the invention of cell phones would cause me so many problems when I started updating my old suspense novels to the present day! I never fully realized how many of my plots pivot upon the fact that the characters are cut off from communication with the outside world. In DOWN A DARK HALL, the girls can't contact their parents to report the awful things being done to th...
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Stranger with My Face
— published 1981 — 19 editions |
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
— published 1973 — 30 editions |
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Killing Mr. Griffin
— published 1978 — 26 editions |
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Down a Dark Hall
— published 1974 — 19 editions |
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Summer of Fear
— published 1976 — 16 editions |
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Locked in Time
— published 1985 — 15 editions |
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Don't Look Behind You
— published 1989 — 23 editions |
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A Gift of Magic
— published 1971 — 19 editions |
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The Third Eye
— published 1984 — 14 editions |
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Daughters of Eve
— published 1979 — 15 editions |
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Seasons of the Heart (Poetry)
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updated Mar 08, 2010 03:42pm
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Poems Duncan wrote in every "season" of her life -- from age 10 to age 70 -- grouped to form an autobiography, interspersed with photos and narrative about what was going on in her life at the times those poems were written.
The Longest Hair in the World (Children's Books)
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updated Mar 08, 2010 03:25pm
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(Art by Jon McIntosh)
On her sixth birthday, Emily wishes for the longest hair in the world. As it continues to grow and grow it creates terrible problems for her and everyone around her.
Stranger with My Face (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Mar 08, 2010 02:55pm
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Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find out? N.Y. Times “Best Book for Young Adults”; ALA Best Book for Young Adults; Readers Awards: California, South Carolina, Indiana
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Mar 08, 2010 02:41pm
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Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror, or is he out for revenge?,
Who Killed My Daughter? (Nonfiction)
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updated Mar 08, 2010 02:22pm
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Duncan's non-fiction account of the murder of her youngest daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette, and the family's on-going personal investigation of this unsolved case.
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| A hodge-podge of disconnected story lines that never went anywhere and an unsympathetic protagonist. The entire first half of the book is devoted to Maggie's carefully detailed plan to commit suicide, despite the fact that she is gorgeous, healthy, w...more | |
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| When I started reading this book I thought it would be your average, chick-lit story of a group of women friends (whom you couldn't tell apart) sharing the ups and downs of each other's lives. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that I COULD tell...more | |
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| This certainly isn't what one would consider a typical "novel". I'm very interested in psychology and always wondered how the subject might be taught by a practicing psychologist. I sure got my dose of THAT. But a lot of it seemed like psycho-babble-...more | |
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“Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.”
― Lois Duncan
― Lois Duncan
“aloud she said why not you ray you were involed in this as much as the resst of uswhy is it that bud never tried to do anything to you ?his armed tighted around her.'he knew the worst thing for me was a world without you”
― Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer
― Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer
“We are the wise.
Do not envy us—
We who are too wise to draw near
the fire
Lest we get burned;
We who are too wise to love
Lest love should vanish and we be
hurt.
We are the wise.
Do not envy us our wisdom—
We who are too wise to live
Lest we should die.”
― Lois Duncan, Trapped: Cages of Mind and Body
Do not envy us—
We who are too wise to draw near
the fire
Lest we get burned;
We who are too wise to love
Lest love should vanish and we be
hurt.
We are the wise.
Do not envy us our wisdom—
We who are too wise to live
Lest we should die.”
― Lois Duncan, Trapped: Cages of Mind and Body
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“Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.”
― Lois Duncan
― Lois Duncan
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May 27, 2010 07:21am
THE HELP is unique in that it's a first novel that leapt to the top of the best seller list. I loved it. My daughter Kerry loved it. My daughter Robin hated it because it made her so depressed about the unfairness of what the characters were going through and their inability to do anything to fight The System. I think she is relating those feelings to her own feelings about the murder of her little sister, Kait, and our own inability to force law enforcement to shape up and do their job.
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http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/3... Here is another group, mine is called Callie the Survior..tell me what you think.
Thank you! I don't want to overload the pg. so am trying to restrict my reviews to bks I adore, bks I have a special issue with, and bks. that are written by family and friends.
