Diane Hoh
Encyclopedia
Diane Hoh is an American
author
of young adult
horror
. She grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania
but currently resides in Austin, Texas
.
United States
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author
Author
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of young adult
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
. She grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania
Warren, Pennsylvania
Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. The population was 9,710 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. It is home to the headquarters of the Allegheny National Forest and the Cornplanter State Forest...
but currently resides in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
.
Nightmare Hall
- The Silent Scream: Jess is disturbed by a girl, Giselle, in her room who hung herself.
- The Roommate: Danni, Maureen, Margot, and Lacey share a suite in a quad. Soon, one of them may end up dead.
- Deadly Attraction: A new girl is played by the popular Robert Q, but doesn't know that a surprise killer is on the loose to get him and anyone involved in the breakup.
- The Wish: Courtney is ecstatic when she finds a magic lamp on the beach, but she soon discovers that wishes can be deadly.
- The Scream Team: Grace's cheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
squad has been acting strangely. Could they be zombies? - Guilty: Katie Sullivan goes through a personality overhaul due to the grief of her boyfriend drowning to death. Katie believes she should've died, and so does someone else on campus, who has judged her "guilty" and decides to play executioner.
- Pretty Please: On the campus of Salem University, Johanna Dunn's beautiful face is scarred in an accident and a crazed perfectionist decides that Johanna is now too ugly—to live.
- The Experiment: Carly's physics class project turns deadly.
- The Night Walker: Quinn fears that she may be responsible for the attacks on couples around campus while sleepwalking.
- Sorority Sister: Lesley is delighted to become a member of the Delta Gamma Sigma sorority, but when she discovers the dark rituals involved, she begins to fear for her safety.
- Last Date: Hannah's new boyfriend seems great, but why will he only come out at night?
- The Whisperer: Caroline is enjoying spending the summer on her grandfather's farm, but strange noises in the night begin to turn her peaceful summer into a terrifying experience.
- Monster: Abby is busy with school and homework but is she too busy to notice a monster attacking?
- The Initiation: Sarah receives an invitation to join an elite secret society on campus, but is there more to joining this group than meets the eye?
- Truth or Die: Kimberlee accidentally kills a homeless woman while driving home late at night. She thinks no one saw, but she begins receiving threatening phone calls.
- Book of Horrors: While cleaning out the attic in her grandmother's house, Honna finds an old diary that threatens to destroy her future.
- Last Breath: Michelle believes her German professor may be stealing students' souls in a bid for immortality.
- Win, Lose or Die: Kim's success on the college basketball team brings about disastrous results.
- The Coffin: Tanner is abducted by a masked psychopath who traps inside a coffin placed in her house's music room. No sound can get in or out, and now Tanner has to think fast in order to survive.
- Deadly Visions: Someone discovers the hidden, deadly meaning in a series of paintings, catching the attention of the disturbed artist behind them.
- Student Body: After a bonfire goes out of control and horribly burns their friend Hoop, Tory and her friends are now at the mercy of a stalker who plans to make them pay for their carelessness.
- The Vampire's Kiss: Janie's new friend Jon seems more interested in her blood than her personality.
- Dark Moon: Eve is plagued by a string of disasters as she tries to plan the college carnival.
- The Biker: Echo believes that geeky Pruitt is the mysterious biker who has been joyriding through campus, and promises to keep it a secret if she can ride along. Echo, however, may be wrong when the biker turns the tables on her thrill-seeking endeavors.
- Captives: Molloy and her friends, on their way to Salem University, get caught in a thunderstorm and take shelter in the closed Nightingale Hall, unaware the building is also inhabited by a killer on the run.
- Revenge: Addie accidentally finds a floppy disk in the campus library which contains the coded plans for one student's revenge.
- Kidnapped: Nora is arrested for the disappearance and supposed kidnapping of her babysitting charge, and is now trying to find the girl and clear her name.
- The Dummy: Jaye Bishop's performance for a Halloween party involved the diminutive Fiona Hazard acting as her "dummy". When the act is over, so is the friendship, but Jaye learns that you can't treat people like objects.
- The Voice in the Mirror: It's holiday time and Salem U is buzzing with festivities, and murder. A crazed student hiding a deadly secret will do anything to keep his scholarship—even kill for it.
Med Center
- Virus: A lethal virus of unknown origin breaks out in Grant, Massachusetts. Hospital volunteers Susannah and Kate, along with paramedic Will, find themselves fighting an enemy that they can't actually see.
- Flood: Grant is taken over by the deadliest flood in years. Susannah and Will take care of many patients while Sam, Kate, and Abby all go missing.
- Fire: Casualties from a raging fire at a nearby oil refinery turn the Med Center into a disaster center, as swarms of patients suffering from burns, smoke inhalation, and other injuries arrive.
- Blast: When an explosion destroys the science building at Grant University, Sam and Will put their own lives at risk rescuing people still buried in the rubble. Susannah, Will, Abby, Sam, Kate, and Callie fear for Jeremy's life when the building collapses on him.
- Blizzard: Grant is hit with an ice storm and a flurry of victims are brought to Med Center.
- Poison: Dozens of people are showing up at Med Center with bizarre symptoms. Some are even on the verge of death, and nobody knows why.
Cheerleaders
- 7: Flirting: Head cheerleader Katie's performance suffers when handsome Kirk captures her attention.
- 10: Betrayed: Polly and Elizabeth both want the one remaining spot on the team, and Polly will do anything to get it.
- 12: Staying Together: After a fight, the cheerleaders must overcome their differences to win at the competition.
- 21: Pulling Together: When Ellie breaks her ankle, the others must compensate for her absence in their big stunt.
- 23: Proving It: The cheerleaders don't believe that Geraldine can cheer because she's blind, but Geraldine is determined to prove otherwise.
- 27: Spring Fever: A crazy night at a spring break party changes the girls' lives forever.
Stand-alone novels
- Funhouse: Alicia and her sister Melissa look forward to the annual carnival in their small town, but this year, the funhouse seems to have a sinister quality.
- The Accident: Samantha's twin sister Kenna died when they were four years old. Now 17, Samantha begins to realize Kenna's death was no accident.
- The Train: Lauren finds herself woken up at night by the sound of a train, although she lives nowhere near any train tracks.
- Blindfold: Whitney loves being a magician's assistant, but begins to fear for her life as the new trick, the blindfolded knife toss, begins to turn dangerous.
- Prom Date: It's the biggest event of the year at Toomey High: prom night. Popular girls like Stephanie and Kiki always get dates, but Stephanie is found murdered and Kiki has a nasty accident. What kind of a person would kill for a date?
- The Fever: When Duffy is hospitalized with a mysterious fever, she fears someone is trying to harm her.
- Titanic: The Long NightTitanic: The Long NightTitanic: The Long Night is a 1998 romance novel by Diane Hoh. It is an entirely fictional story set aboard on the real ship, Titanic....
: The story of the RMS Titanic is retold through the eyes of two passengers: Katie, an Irish immigrant, and Elizabeth, a New York socialiteSocialiteA socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....
. - Remembering the Titanic: A sequel to Titanic: The Long Night. One year later, everyone tries to cope.
- The Invitation: Noelle is invited to join an exclusive ballet company, but its rigorous demands are spooky.
- Don't Let Me Die!: Celeste's schizophreniaSchizophreniaSchizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
becomes unbearable as she fears someone is trying to kill her. - Slow Dance: Jacinda and Ivy compete for Anthony's attention because both want him as their date for the dance.
- Brian's Girl: Brandy is delighted when Brian asks her to go steady, but he soon becomes possessive and controlling.
- A Night to Forget: Lily and Adin witness a horrible murder and now fear the killers are after them.
- Loving That O'Connor Boy: Seamus finds himself facing prejudice as the only Irish student in his new school.
Quotes
- "Writing tales of horrorHorror fictionHorror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
makes it hard to convince people that I'm a nice, gentle person. I love rainbowRainbowA rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc...
s and wildflowers and butterflies and babies, and I wouldn't swat a flyFlyTrue flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
unless it was diving directly into my fruit salad."