https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy A story of a mysterious soul en-us 2018-10-11 15:19:35 UTC 2018-10-11 17:08:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Alarmclock.png chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291794221 Lois Duncan Stienmetz was born on April 28th, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated high school in 1952 and began college but dropped out to start a family with Joseph Cardozo. Eventually they divorced and she moved to Albuquerque with her children. ]]> 2018-10-11 15:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291794221 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291816991 Duncan wrote and published magazine articles. She wrote over 300 articles. In 1958, she published her first novel, Love Song for Joyce. In '66, she published the novel, Ransom, and it earned her an Edgar Allan Poe Award. In the early '70's, she was hired to teach journalism at the University of New Mexico.]]> 2018-10-11 16:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291816991 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291820509 Lois had published many novels with many different genres, including horror, mystery, and even nonfiction. ]]> 2018-10-11 16:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291820509 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291836874 in grey]]> 2018-10-11 16:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291836874 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291837887 in color]]> 2018-10-11 16:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291837887 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291839340 In 1989, tragedy struck when Lois' youngest daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette, was murdered. Duncan  mourned her daughters death by writing a book on her daughters secret life and attempting to solve her murder. Who Killed My Daughter is a novel on the story of her daughter.]]> 2018-10-11 16:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291839340 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291842099 September 18, 1970-July 17, 1989]]> 2018-10-11 16:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291842099 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291844829 "Life continues, and we all of us keep changing and building, toward what we cannot do."
- Lois Duncan]]> 2018-10-11 16:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291844829 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291848280 "I feel now as though I've been sitting all my life inside a box, and suddenly someone is lifting the lid and I can look up and see the stars."
- Lois Duncan, Down a Dark Hall]]> 2018-10-11 17:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291848280 chasey_lane https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291850996 Quite a few of Duncan's novels have been recreated as movies such as Down a Dark Hall, Hotel for Dogs, Held for Ransom, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Killing Mr. Griffin, and Stranger in Our House.]]> 2018-10-11 17:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chasey_lane/fjgd7bhfjbsy/wish/291850996