- Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney (born
May 10 ,1947 ) is anauthor of suspense, romance, horror and mystery books for teenagers.[Headline text] Insert formula here--~~~~------~~~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~~"']
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She was born and raised in
Oneida, New York , and now resides inWestbrook, Connecticut . An avid reader, Cooney read many books while in elementary school. Three books that she recalls particularly liking were "Sword of The Wilderness" by Elizabeth Coalsworth, "Indian Captive" byLois Lenski , and "Black River Captive" by West Lanthrop.http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-caroline.asp Interview with the author] Cooney played the piano, directed a chorus and was a church organ player by the time she was 13. While a teenager, she favored reading books in the "The Hardy Boys " and "Cherry Ames " series, but a particular favorite was "Magic by the Lake" byEdward Eager .http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=5635&view=full_sptlght Random House Author Spotlight] During college, she studied arts, music and English. At least two of her works have been filmed for television. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177748/ Caroline B. Cooney ] ]She has written over 60 books beginning with "Safe as the Grave" in 1979. Her most recent publication is "Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth."
Awards
Several of her novels, including "Driver's Ed", "Among Friends", "Twenty Pageants Later", "
Both Sides of Time " and "Out of Time" have won awards, including theAmerican Library Association award and an IRA–CBC Children's Choice Award.http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=5635 Random House Children's Books profile.]Selected Bibliography
*"Safe as the Grave" (1979)
*"Among Friends" (1987)
*"Twenty Pageants Later" (1991)
*"Freeze Tag" (1992)
*"Forbidden" (1993)
*"Driver's Ed" (1994)
*"The Terrorist" (1997)
*"Wanted!" (1997)
*"Hush Little Baby" (1999)
*"Burning Up" (1999)
*"The Ransom of Mercy Carter" (2001)
*"Goddess of Yesterday " (2002)
*"Code Orange" (2005)
*"Enter Three Witches" (2007)
*"Fatality"
*"Flight 116 Is Down"
*"Mummy"
*"Emergency Room"
*"Twins"
*"The Stranger"Losing Christina
*"The Fog" (1989)
*"The Snow" (1990)
*"The Fire" (1990)Janie Johnson series (publ.)
*"The Face on the Milk Carton " (1990)
*"Whatever Happened to Janie?" (1993)
*"The Voice On The Radio" (1996)
*"What Janie Found" (2000)The Vampire's Promise
*"Deadly Offer" (1991)
*"Evil Returns" (1992)
*"Fatal Bargain" (1993)Time Travelers Quartet
*"Both Sides of Time " (1995)
*"Out of Time" (1995)
*"Prisoner of Time " (1998)
*"For All Time " (2001)References
External links
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* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/caroline-b-cooney/ Bibliography] on Fantastic Fiction
* [http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-caroline.asp Author profile] on Teenreads.com -- includes interview with Cooney.
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=5635 Author profile] from Random House Children's books
* [http://www.bookpage.com/9611bp/childrens/thevoiceontheradio.html Author interview] with Dee Ann Grand
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