Caroline B. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American

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, horror, and

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books for young adults.

Biography

Cooney was born in 1947 in

Geneva, New York Geneva is a City (New York), city in Ontario County, New York, Ontario and Seneca County, New York, Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is at the northern end of Seneca Lake (New York), Seneca Lake; all land port ...

. She grew up in

Old Greenwich, Connecticut Old Greenwich is a coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,611. The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neig ...

. She attended

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from 1965 to 1966, then went to Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing from 1966 to 1967. She went to the

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in 1968. She attended several colleges but didn't want to obtain a degree because of certain circumstances. She did not initially know she wanted to be a writer. Cooney took care of three children while writing after her first book got published. That's when the books started getting published one after another. Cooney's books have received several honors, including an IRA–CBC Children's Choice and being named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Most recently Cooney's ''Diamonds in the Shadow'' was named a 2008 ALA/YALSA Quick Pick and was a nominee for the

Edgar Allan Poe Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor ...

. She currently resides in

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Selected works

Stand-alone novels

* ''Safe as the Grave'' (1979) * ''Rear-View Mirror'' (1980) * ''The Paper Caper'' (1981)'' (with Gail Owens) * ''An April Love Story'' (1981) * ''Nancy and Nick'' (1982) * ''The Personal Touch'' (1982) * ''He Loves Me Not'' (1982) * ''Sand Trap'' (1983) * ''Holly in Love'' (1983) * ''Sun, Sea and Boys'' (1984) * ''Nice Girls Don't'' (1984) * ''I'm Not Your Other Half'' (1984) * ''Don't Blame the Music'' (1986) * ''Saturday Night'' (1986) * ''The Rah Rah Girls'' (1987) * ''Last Dance'' (1987) * ''Among Friends'' (1987) * ''New Year's Eve'' (1988) * ''The Girl Who Invented Romance'' (1988) * ''Camp Girl-Meets-Boy'' (1988) * ''Summer Nights'' (1988) * ''Family Reunion'' (1989) * ''Summer Love'' (1990) * ''Camp Reunion'' (1991) * ''The Party's Over'' (1991) * ''Twenty Pageants Later'' (1991) * ''Freeze Tag'' (1992) * ''Flight #116 Is Down'' (1992) * ''Operation: Homefront'' (1992) * ''Perfume'' (1993) * '' Forbidden'' (1993) * ''The Stranger'' (1993) * ''Emergency Room'' (1994) * ''Driver's Ed'' (1994) * ''Twins'' (1994) * ''Unforgettable'' (1994) * ''Night School'' (1995) * ''Flash Fire'' (1995) * ''Wanted!'' (1997) * '' The Terrorist'' (1997) * ''What Child is This?: A Christmas Story'' (1997) * '' Prisoner of Time'' (1998) * '' Hush Little Baby'' (1999) * ''Burning Up'' (1999) * ''Tune in Anytime'' (1999) * ''Mummy'' (2000) * ''Mercy'' (2001) aka ''The Ransom of Mercy Carter'' * ''Fatality'' (2001) * '' Goddess of Yesterday'' (2002) aka ''On the Seas to Troy'' * ''Evil Returns'' (2003) * ''Fatal Bargain'' (2003) * ''The Vampire's Promise: Deadly Offer'' (2003) * '' Code Orange'' (2005) * ''Hit the Road'' (2006) * ''A Friend at Midnight'' (2006) * ''Enter Three Witches'' (2007) * ''Diamonds in the Shadow'' (2007) * ''A Night to Remember'' (2009) * ''If the Witness Lied'' (2009) * ''They Never Came Back'' (2009) * ''Three Black Swans'' (2010) * ''The Lost Songs'' (2011) * ''No Such Person'' (2015)

The Vampire's Promise trilogy

*''Deadly Offer'' (originally titled ''The Cheerleader'') (1991) *''Evil Returns'' (originally titled ''The Return of the Vampire'') (1992) *''Fatal Bargain'' (originally titled ''The Vampire's Promise'') (1993)

Janie Johnson series

*''

The Face on the Milk Carton ''The Face on the Milk Carton'' is a young adult mystery novel written by author Caroline B. Cooney that was first published in 1990. The first in the five-book Janie Johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The book i ...

'' *''Whatever Happened to Janie?'' *''The Voice on the Radio'' *''What Janie Found'' *''What Janie Saw'' (New Ebook) *''Janie Face to Face''

Losing Christina series

*''The Fog'' (1989) *''The Snow'' (1990) *''The Fire'' (1990) The ''Losing Christina'' books have since been retitled ''Fog'', ''Snow'', and ''Fire''.

Time Travelers Quartet

*''Both Sides of Time'' (1995) *''Out of Time'' (1996) *''Prisoner of Time'' (1998) *''For All Time'' (2001)

References

External links

Author website

Bibliography
at Fantastic Fiction * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooney, Caroline B. 1947 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American horror writers American women short story writers American women novelists American writers of young adult literature People from Geneva, New York American women horror writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women writers of young adult literature Writers from Greenwich, Connecticut 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers People from Old Greenwich, Connecticut Novelists from New York (state) Novelists from Connecticut