![]() ![]() She received the 1992 Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her contribution to writing for teens. In addition to her novels and children's books, Duncan published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, including Who Killed My Daughter? (1992), which detailed the 1989 unsolved murder of Duncan's teenaged daughter, Kaitlyn. Griffin (1978), have been adapted into films. Several of her novels, including Hotel for Dogs (1971), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973), Summer of Fear (1976), and the controversial Killing Mr. The daughter of professional photographers Lois and Joseph Janney Steinmetz, Duncan began writing at a young age, publishing two early novels under the pen name Lois Kerry. 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. Lois Duncan Steinmetz (Ap– June 15, 2016), known as Lois Duncan, was an American writer, novelist, poet, and journalist. ![]()
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