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Lois Duncan received the Edgar Grand Master Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, and the Caldecott Medal.

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Duncan was born into the family of two dedicated writers, and always wanted to be one ever since she was little. Lois Duncan wrote her first magazine at the age of ten. Then when she got older, she decided to write books. She also taught Journalism at the University of New Mexico.

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Did any of her books get turned into movies?

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Did any of her books get turned into movies?

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Most of her novels including "Hotel For Dogs", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Summer Of Fears", and "Killing Mr. Griffin" have been turned into films. Her daughter, Kerry Arquette, even played a part in the movie "Summer Of Fears".

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Lois Duncan once said, "“Life continues, and all of us keep changing and building, toward what we cannot know.”

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Lois Duncan was married twice. She was first married to Joseph Cardozo from 1953 to 1962. Duncan then married Don Arquette from 1962 till the time she past away

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Duncan wrote around 40 books in her lifetime. The genres of her books include adult fiction, supernatural fiction, poetry, children's, picture books, and her best known, mystery fiction.

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Duncan was born April 25, 1934 in Philadelphia, PA. Lois Duncan past away on June 15, 2016 at the age of 82. She died in Bradenton, Florida with undisclosed causes.

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Lois Duncan had 5 children. Kaitlyn Arquette, Kerry Arquette, Brett Arquette, Robin Burkin, and Donald Arquette Jr. All five are and were talented artist. Two of which followed in their mothers footsteps becoming well-known writers.