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Duncan, Lois, 1934-2016

LC control no.n 79076443
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3554.U464
Personal name headingDuncan, Lois, 1934-2016
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See alsoFor works of this author written under other names, search also under: Kerry, Lois, 1934-2016 Steinmetz, Lois Duncan, 1934-2016
Kerry, Lois, 1934-2016
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Steinmetz, Lois Duncan, 1934-2016
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LocatedSarasota (Fla.) Albuquerque (N.M.)
Birth date1934-04-28
Death date2016-06-15
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathBradenton (Fla.)
Field of activityYoung adult fiction
AffiliationDuke University University of New Mexico
Profession or occupationAuthors Novelists Photographers Poets
Found inHer Debutante Hill, 1958.
Season of the two-heart, c1964: t.p. (Lois Duncan)
Cont. auth., new rev. ser., v. 36: (Duncan, Lois, 1934- (Lois Kerry); orig. name: Lois Duncan Steinmetz; b. 4/28/1934 in Phila., PA; att. Duke Univ. 1952-53; B.A., Univ. of New Mex.; home: Albuquerque, N.M.; writer and magazine photogr.; instr. in Dept. of Journalism, U.N.M.; wrote many young adult novels, juv. novels and poetry, some non-fic., 2 adult novels, and contr. over 500 articles to periodicals)
New York times WWW site, viewed June 20, 2016 (in obituary published June 18: Lois Duncan; b. Lois Duncan Steinmetz, Apr. 28, 1934, Philadelphia; grew up in Sarasota; later moved to Albuquerque; d. Wednesday [June 15, 2016], Bradenton, Fla., aged 82; her suspenseful young adult novels inspired the slasher movie I know what you did last summer; later wrote about the unsolved murder of her daughter)
Biography in context WWW site, viewed June 20, 2016 (Lois Duncan; b. Lois Duncan Steinmetz, Apr. 28, 1934, Philadelphia; d. June 15, 2016, Bradenton, Fla.; young-adult novels Love song for Joyce (1958) and A promise for Joyce (1959) published under the pseudonym Lois Kerry)
Associated languageeng