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Joyce McDonald

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San Francisco, The United States

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female

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http://www.joycemcdonald.net

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Born in San Francisco, CA, and raised in Chatham, NJ, Joyce McDonald received her BA and MA from the University of Iowa, and went on to complete her Ph.D. at Drew University. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, among them the award winning Swallowing Stones, and the Edgar Award Nominated Shades of Simon Gray. She has taught at East Stroudsburg University in PA, Drew University in NJ, and is currently on the faculty of Spaulding University's Brief-residency MFA in Writing Program in Louisville, KY. For over ten years, Joyce has served on the Rutgers Unversity Council on Children's Literature. She and her husband live in Forks Township, PA.

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Books by Joyce McDonald

Average rating: 3.52 · 989 ratings · 178 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Swallowing Stones 3.51 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Shades of Simon Gray 3.31 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Devil on My Heels 3.97 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Shadow People 3.59 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Comfort Creek 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mail Order Kid 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Homebody by Joyce McDonald, Karl Swanson 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991	My rating:
	The Benediction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Killing the Cure 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Mailorder Kid 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988	My rating: