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The family moved to Sarasota when Duncan was a small child, and she grew up in the Sunshine State.

She was born Lois Duncan Steinmetz in Philadelphia, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida.

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Lois Duncan

American writer, novelist, poet, and journalist

Lois Duncan Steinmetz (April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016), known as Lois Duncan, was an American writer, novelist, poet, and journalist.

She is best known for her young-adult novels, and has been credited by historians as a pioneering figure in the development of young-adult fiction, particularly in the genres of horror, thriller, and suspense.^[1]

The daughter of professional photographers Lois and Joseph Janney Steinmetz, Duncan began writing at a young age, publishing two early novels under the pen nameLois Kerry.^[2]^[3] Several of her novels, including Hotel for Dogs (1971), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973), Summer of Fear (1976), and the controversial Killing Mr.

Griffin (1978), have been adapted into films.

In addition to her novels and children's books, Duncan published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, including Who Killed My Daughter? (1992), which d