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Lois Duncan Steinmetz (April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016), known as Lois Duncan, was an American writer, novelist, poet, and journalist. She is best known for her young-adult novels, and has been credited by historians as a pioneering figure in the development of young-adult fiction, particularly in the genres of horror, thriller, and suspense.
Jan 9, 2024 · An iconic teen suspense author experiences a living nightmare. By Orrin Grey | Published Jan 9, 2024. “It was as if these things I’d written about as fiction became hideous reality.” That’s what Lois Duncan told an interviewer after the 1989 murder of her own 18-year-old daughter Kaitlyn Arquette.
- Orrin Grey
Jun 18, 2016 · Lois Duncan, whose suspenseful young adult novels inspired the slasher movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and who later wrote about the unsolved murder of her daughter, died on Wednesday...
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- DUNCAN SOLD HER FIRST PIECE OF WRITING WHEN SHE WAS JUST 13. Duncan loved writing from a young age; she submitted her first piece to a magazine at the age of 10.
- SHE WAS OFFERED HER FIRST YOUNG ADULT BOOK CONTRACT AFTER WINNING A WRITING CONTEST. All of that after-school practice paid off: As a senior in high school, Duncan was named the winner of a short story contest in Seventeen magazine.
- "LOIS DUNCAN” WAS NOT HER REAL NAME. As she gained acclaim as a writer, Duncan decided she needed a pen name. She was named after her mother, a magazine photographer, and to avoid confusion with the elder Lois Steinmetz, the author decided to write under her first and middle names instead.
- HER FATHER, JOSEPH JANNEY STEINMETZ, WAS A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER. oaktree_b, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain. Both of her parents were well-known within the industry, but Joseph Janney Steinmetz was published in Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Time, and Town & Country.
Lois Duncan (born Lois Duncan Steinmetz) was an American writer and novelist, known primarily for her books for children and young adults, in particular (and some times controversially considering her young readership) crime thrillers.
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Jun 16, 2016 · Author Lois Duncan has died at the age of 82. She was the queen of teen thrillers, a pioneer in the young adult suspense genre. Long before vampires sparkled or hunger was a game, Duncan was...
Jun 16, 2016 · Young-adult fiction writer Lois Duncan has died at her home in Florida at age 82. The longtime New Mexico and Florida resident was best-known for suspense novels for young readers as well as children's books that were among nearly 50 published titles.
