In 1989 the youngest of Duncan's children, Kaitlyn Arquette, was murdered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, under suspicious circumstances. Griffin, Don't Look Behind You, Summer of Fear and Gallows Hill. Other made-for-TV movies include Stranger with My Face, Killing Mr. Some of her works have been adapted for the screen, the most famous example being the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer, adapted from her novel of the same title. In 1965 she married Don Arquette, and had two more children with him.ĭuncan was best known for her novels of suspense for teenagers.
After her first marriage, which produced three children, ended in divorce, Duncan moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to teach journalism at the University of New Mexico, where she also earned a BA in English in 1977. During this time, she continued to write and publish magazine articles over the course of her career, she has published more than 300 articles, in magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, and Reader's Digest. Duncan started writing and submitting manuscripts to magazines at the age of ten, and when she was thirteen succeeded in selling her first story.ĭuncan attended Duke University from 1952 to 1953 but dropped out, married, and started a family. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Sarasota, Florida. Duncan's parents were the noted magazine photographers Lois Steinmetz and Joseph Janney Steinmetz. Other Books by This Author: I Know What You Did Last Summer and others.Lois Duncan (born Lois Duncan Steinmetz) was an American writer and novelist, known primarily for her books for children and young adults, in particular (and some times controversially considering her young readership) crime thrillers. And I think Mark should have been compared to Hitler more.īest part: Mark was probably the best part but he could have been done even better. You can be easily influenced by someone without loving them. It didn't make sense and wasn't really relevant to the plot, either. At the end, Susan was all, "I love Mark." But I hadn't seen anything that would have indicated that throughout the book. Worst part: Part of the end was really confusing. Probably worth it if you need something to read on the go. Characters were pretty two-dimensional and fairly predictable. The writing wasn't fantastic - typical horror style, nothing terribly amazing but not awful, either. From that perspective, I'm more impressed because I feel the plot is more original. Review: I wasn't aware this was written in the 70's until I started writing up this review.
Summary: They only planned to scare their English teacher.īut sometimes even the best-laid plans go wrong. First Line: "It was a wild, windy, southwestern spring when the idea of killing Mr.
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