An author of over thirty-eight novels, and a successful free-lance writer, Lois Duncan has fulfilled aspirations that began early. Her first story was published at age thirteen. "It had not been a good day. "To begin with, I had botched up my...

Lois Duncan writes macabre, suspenseful novels for young adults that have made her a favorite with teen readers and adult critics alike. Though her portrayals of average suburban high-school students and their encounters with the sociopathic or the...

"Don't Look Behind You (Delacorte, 1989) was a book about a teenage girt who was chased by a hitman in a Camarro," says Lois Duncan of her 1989 YA novel. "Later that year, my eldest daughter, who was the model for the girl,...

Lois DUNCAN FANS have always known they could find thrills and chills in the pages of her many novels. And ever since Hollywood brought Duncan's I Know What You Did Last Summer to the big screen last year, more and more readers are...