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Lois Duncan
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born
April 28, 1934
in Philadelphia, PA, The United States
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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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I Know What You Did Last Summer
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1973
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Stranger with My Face
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1981
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Killing Mr. Griffin
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1978
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Down a Dark Hall
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1974
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Summer of Fear
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1976
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Locked in Time
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1985
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Don't Look Behind You
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1989
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The Third Eye
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1984
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A Gift of Magic
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1971
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Daughters of Eve
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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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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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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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| This book was very well written. I found the concept of "left neglect," a brain condition I had never been aware of before, fascinating. But once I digested that concept, there was really nowhere left to go, other than to follow the heroine throughou...more | |
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| Having lost three long-time friends to Alzheimer's Disease over four months time, I found this book fascinating, heartbreaking, and illuminating. It amazes me that the author was able to write this in first person and have it ring so true. | |
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| I found the historical "story-within-a-story" fascinating. But I found the story that encompassed it both tedious and unbelievable. I couldn't relate sympathetically to any of the characters, and the ending was so contrived that it destroyed any auth...more | |
"The fact that the father was in total denial and so adament in his defense of Kevin's every action did place the mother in a difficult position. But t...more
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Honestly, the story was amazing. Although I can't say that I enjoyed the plot line (this isn't a warm & cozy story), it was outstanding in the way that things that grab your attention and won't let you go are outstanding. The problem? The writ...
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| I found the subject matter fascinating but the writing tedious. The theory that psychopaths are born, not made, is one I hold myself, and this story certainly supports that. I imagine many people have wondered what it would be like to be the parent o...more | |
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| Peter Abrahams' books are "good reads." But I always come away feeling as if there are missing pieces, undeveloped characters, conflicting pieces of information. Things seldom seem to fall together properly. This doesn't mean that I don't intend to r...more | |
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| This was a good mystery novel, but too gory for my particular taste. That says nothing about the author's rendition of the story, but about my sensitivities as a reader. I found myself skipping entire paragraphs that contained detailed descriptions o...more | |
“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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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.
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.
