Lurlene McDaniel

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Lurlene McDaniel
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Born (1944-04-05) April 5, 1944 (age 77)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1985 –
Genreyoung adult
Subjectromance, medical drama, death

Lurlene McDaniel (born 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books. She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.[citation needed] Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide.[citation needed] She is a graduate of the University of South Florida - Tampa and currently resides in Tennessee.[1]

Research[]

To make her novels medically accurate, she interviews health professionals and works with various medical groups including hospices. She also studies the Bible to help infuse her work with "the human element—the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."[2]

Other types of work[]

In addition to her young adult catalog and a magazine column, she has also written for radio, television and marketing campaigns.[2] She is a frequent guest speaker, seen everywhere from schools to conventions.[citation needed]

Partial bibliography[]

Novels[]

  • For Better, For Worse, Forever
  • Heart to Heart
  • I’m a Cover Girl Now
  • More than Just a Smart Girl
  • Mother, Please Don’t Die
  • Why Did She Have To Die (rereleased in 2001)
  • The End of Forever
  • What’s It Like to Be a Star?
  • Where’s the Horse for Me / Three’s a Crowd
  • Always and Forever
  • Briana’s Gift
  • Last dance
  • Letting Go of Lisa
  • Angel of Hope
  • Sometimes Love isn't Enough (1984)
  • Too Young to Die (August 1989)
  • Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever (August 1989)
  • Somewhere Between Life and Death (1990)
  • Time to Let Go (1990)
  • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (March 1991)
  • When Happily Ever After Ends (February 1992)
  • Mourning Song (May 1992)
  • Baby Alicia Is Dying (June 1993)
  • Don't Die, My Love (August 1995)
  • Saving Jessica (May 1996)
  • I'll Be Seeing You (July 1996)
  • Till Death Do Us Part (July 1997)
  • For Better, For Worse, Forever (September 1997)
  • The Girl Death Left Behind (May 1999)
  • Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories (October 2000)
  • Telling Christina Goodbye (April 2002)
  • A Rose For Melinda (August 2002)
  • How Do I Love Thee: Three Stories (December 2002)
  • Garden of Angels (May 2003)
  • The Time Capsule (September 2003)
  • If I Should Die Before I Wake (January 2004)
  • A Horse for Mandy (September 2004)
  • (February 2004)
  • (December 2006)
  • Hit and Run (2007)
  • Prey (2008)
  • (One Last Wish)
  • (One Last Wish)
  • Reach for Tomorrow (One Last Wish)
  • (May 2009)
  • A Time to Die (One Last Wish)
  • Please Don’t Die (One Last Wish)
  • Mourning Song (One Last Wish)
  • She Died Too Young (One Last Wish)
  • Mother, Help Me Live (One Last Wish)
  • Someone Dies, Someone Lives (One Last Wish)
  • A Season for Goodbye (One Last Wish)
  • Let Him Live (One Last Wish)
  • The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True (One Last Wish)
  • Reaching Through Time: Three Stories

Trilogies[]

  • ' (November 1996)
  • (November 1997)
  • (August 1998)
    • Reissued as (October 2002)

The Mercy / Journey of Hope Trilogy

  • Angel of Hope

Quintets[]

The Quintet

    • These first four novels were combined into an omni titled Dawn Rochelle, Four Novels
  • (April 2001)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2009-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lurlene McDaniel". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links[]

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