Lurlene McDaniel
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Lurlene McDaniel is an author who has written more than 70 young adult books
. She is well-known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida - Tampa and currently resides in Tennessee.
to help infuse her work with "the human element—the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."She is truely kind.
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Tyrell James is a frequent guest speaker, seen everywhere from schools to conventions.
The Angels in Pink Trilogy
The Mercy / Journey of Hope Trilogy
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...
. She is well-known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida - Tampa and currently resides in Tennessee.
Research
To make her novels medically accurate, she interviews health professionals and works with various medical groups including hospices. She also studies the BibleBible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
to help infuse her work with "the human element—the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."She is truely kind.
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Other types of work
In addition to her young adult catalog and a magazine column, she has also written for radio, television and marketing campaigns.Tyrell James is a frequent guest speaker, seen everywhere from schools to conventions.
Novels
- For Better, For Worse, Forever
- Heart to Heart
- I’m a Cover Girl Now
- More than Just a Smart Girl
- Mother, Please Don’t Die
- Why Did She Have To Die (rereleased in 2001)
- The End of Forever
- What’s It Like to Be a Star?
- Where’s the Horse for Me / Three’s a Crowd
- Always and Forever
- Briana’s Gift
- If I Should Die Before I Wake
- Last dance
- Letting go of LisaLetting Go Of LisaLetting Go Of Lisa is a novel written by Lurlene McDaniel. It follows the life of Nathan Malone as he enters his senior year at his new high school. When a girl on a motorcycle catches his eye, Lisa, Nathan is intrigued. As the two become closer, Lisa's dark secret threatens their relationship....
- Angel of Hope
- Sometimes Love isn't Enough (1984)
- Too Young to Die (August 1989)
- Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever (August 1989)
- Somewhere Between Life and Death (1990)
- Time to Let Go (1990)
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (March 1991)
- When Happily Ever After Ends (February 1992)
- Mourning Song (May 1992)
- Baby Alicia Is Dying (June 1993)
- Don't Die, My Love (August 1995)
- Saving Jessica (May 1996)
- I'll Be Seeing You (July 1996)
- Till Death Do Us Part (July 1997)
- For Better, For Worse, Forever (September 1997)
- The Girl Death Left Behind (May 1999)
- Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories (October 2000)
- Telling Christina Goodbye (April 2002)
- A Rose For Melinda (August 2002)
- How Do I Love Thee: Three Stories (December 2002)
- Garden of Angels (May 2003)
- The Time Capsule (September 2003)
- Till Death Do Us Part and For Better, For Worse, ForeverFor Better, For Worse, ForeverFor Better, For Worse, Forever is a young adult novel by Lurlene McDaniel, published in August 1997. It continues the story of April Lancaster, which began in the novel Till Death Do Us Part...
were reissued as a double novel, As Long As We Both Shall Live: Two Novels in October 2003.
- Till Death Do Us Part and For Better, For Worse, Forever
- If I Should Die Before I Wake (January 2004)
- A Horse for MandyA Horse for MandyA Horse for Mandy is a young adult novel by Lurlene McDaniel, published in August 2004. It tells the story of a young girl's struggle to find herself through her search for the perfect horse...
(September 2004) - My Secret Boyfriend (February 2004)
- Too Young to Die and Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever were reissued as a double novel, Always and Forever: Two Novels in May 2004.
- Angels of Mercy and Angel of Hope were reissued as a double novel, Journey of Hope: Two Novels (October 2004)
- Sometimes Love Isn't Enough (December 2006)
- Hit and RunHit and Run (novel)Hit and Run is a Realistic Fiction novel by Lurlene McDaniel, published in 2007. It focuses on four teenagers whose lives intersect in a unimaginitive way. The book is told in all four viewpoints. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.- Plot :...
(2007) - Prey (2008)
- All The Days Of Her Life (One Last Wish)
- Sixteen And Dying (One Last Wish)
- Reach for TomorrowReach for TomorrowReach for Tomorrow is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.-Contents:...
(One Last Wish) - Breathless (May 2009)
- A Time to Die (One Last Wish)
- Please Don’t Die (One Last Wish)
- Mourning Song (One Last Wish)
- She Died Too Young (One Last Wish)
- Mother, Help Me Live (One Last Wish)
- Someone Dies, Someone Lives (One Last Wish)
- A Season for Goodbye (One Last Wish)
- Let Him Live (One Last Wish)
- The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True (One Last Wish)
Trilogies
The Angels Trilogy- Angels Watching Over Me'' (November 1996)
- Lifted Up By Angels (November 1997)
- Until Angels Close My Eyes (August 1998)
- Reissued as The Angels Trilogy (October 2002)
The Angels in Pink Trilogy
- Angels in Pink: Kathleen's Story (December 2004)
- Angels in Pink: Raina's Story (May 2005)
- Angels in Pink: Holly's Story (December 2005)
The Mercy / Journey of Hope Trilogy
- Angel of Mercy
- Angel of Hope
Quintets
The Dawn Rochelle Quintet- Six Months to Live
- I Want to Live
- So Much to Live For
- No Time to Cry
- These first four novels were combined into an omni titled Dawn Rochelle, Four Novels
- To Live Again (April 2001)