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American author
Caroline B. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American
author of
suspense ,
romance ,
horror , and
mystery books for young adults.
Biography
Cooney was born in 1947 in
Geneva, New York . She grew up in
Old Greenwich, Connecticut . She attended
Indiana University from 1965 to 1966, then went to
Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing from 1966 to 1967. She went to the
University of Connecticut in 1968. She attended several colleges but didn't want to obtain a degree because of certain circumstances.
[2] She did not initially know she wanted to be a writer. Cooney took care of three children while writing after her first book got published. That's when the books started getting published one after another.
Cooney's books have received several honors, including an
IRA–CBC Children's Choice and being named an
ALA Best Book for Young Adults . Most recently Cooney's Diamonds in the Shadow was named a
2008 ALA/YALSA Quick Pick
[3] and was a nominee for the
Edgar Allan Poe Award .
[4]
She currently resides in
Rock Hill, South Carolina .
[5]
Selected works
Stand-alone novels
Safe as the Grave (1979)
Rear-View Mirror (1980)
The Paper Caper (1981) (with Gail Owens)
An April Love Story (1981)
Nancy and Nick (1982)
The Personal Touch (1982)
He Loves Me Not (1982)
Sand Trap (1983)
Holly in Love (1983)
Sun, Sea and Boys (1984)
Nice Girls Don't (1984)
I'm Not Your Other Half (1984)
Don't Blame the Music (1986)
Saturday Night (1986)
The Rah Rah Girls (1987)
Last Dance (1987)
Among Friends (1987)
New Year's Eve (1988)
The Girl Who Invented Romance (1988)
Camp Girl-Meets-Boy (1988)
Summer Nights (1988)
Family Reunion (1989)
Summer Love (1990)
Camp Reunion (1991)
The Party's Over (1991)
Twenty Pageants Later (1991)
Freeze Tag (1992)
Flight #116 Is Down (1992)
Operation: Homefront (1992)
Perfume (1993)
Forbidden (1993)
The Stranger (1993)
Emergency Room (1994)
Driver's Ed (1994)
Twins (1994)
Unforgettable (1994)
Night School (1995)
Flash Fire (1995)
Wanted! (1997)
The Terrorist (1997)
What Child is This?: A Christmas Story (1997)
Prisoner of Time (1998)
Hush Little Baby (1999)
Burning Up (1999)
Tune in Anytime (1999)
Mummy (2000)
Mercy (2001) aka The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Fatality (2001)
Goddess of Yesterday (2002) aka On the Seas to Troy
Evil Returns (2003)
Fatal Bargain (2003)
The Vampire's Promise: Deadly Offer (2003)
Code Orange (2005)
Hit the Road (2006)
A Friend at Midnight (2006)
Enter Three Witches (2007)
Diamonds in the Shadow (2007)
A Night to Remember (2009)
If the Witness Lied (2009)
They Never Came Back (2009)
Three Black Swans (2010)
The Lost Songs (2011)
No Such Person (2015)
The Vampire's Promise trilogy
Deadly Offer (originally titled The Cheerleader ) (1991)
Evil Returns (originally titled The Return of the Vampire ) (1992)
Fatal Bargain (originally titled The Vampire's Promise ) (1993)
Janie Johnson series
The Face on the Milk Carton
Whatever Happened to Janie?
The Voice on the Radio
What Janie Found
What Janie Saw (New Ebook)
Janie Face to Face
Losing Christina series
The Fog (1989)
The Snow (1990)
The Fire (1990)
The Losing Christina books have since been retitled Fog , Snow , and Fire .
Time Travelers Quartet
Both Sides of Time (1995)
Out of Time (1996)
Prisoner of Time (1998)
For All Time (2001)
References
External links
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