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  • Everyone loves a good cry, and no one delivers heartwrenching stories better than Lurlene McDaniel.
  • written over 40 novel
  • Some readersÿfdand their parentsÿfdhave wondered why McDaniel chooses to write about sad situations. ÿfdI tell them that sometimes tragedy hits peopleÿfdkids, too. They want answers
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  • These are books that challenge you and make you think
  • McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3
  • To make certain that her books are medically accurate, McDaniel conducts extensive research.
  • She interviews health care professionals and works with appropriate medical groups and hospice organizations, as well as the Tennessee Organ Donor Services
  • Growing up, McDaniel lived in different parts of the country because her father was in the Navy. Eventually her family settled in Florida
  • . She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned a B.A. in English. She now lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • In addition to her popular YA novels, McDaniel has written radio and television scripts, promotional and advertising copy, and a magazine column. She is a frequent speaker at schools, writersÿfd conferences, and conventions.
  • McDanielÿfds books have been named to several bestseller lists, including Publishers Weekly
  • Three of her novels were selected by children as IRAÿfdCBC Childrenÿfds Choices: Somewhere Between Life and Death, Too Young to Die, and Goodbye Doesnÿfdt Mean Forever. Six Months to Live has been placed in a literary time capsule at the Library of Congress, to be opened in the year 2089.
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      Leslie Blankenship on 20 Apr 11
       
      lots of good info
Lindsay Thompson

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      When Lurlene was born.
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      When Lurlene was born.
  • Lurlene McDaniel was born on April 5, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
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Lurlene McDaniel Quotes - 0 views

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  • "The importance of my old life is dimming as I move toward the bright light I've seen once before. It's allowing me to come to it, and this time, I won't be sent back. If only the people I'm leaving behind could understand! There is no sadness where I'm going. Only joy." — Lurlene McDaniel (Hit and Run)
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      Lindsay Thompson on 02 May 11
       
      An inspirational quote from one of her novels.
  • "Sisters are made by living everyday with each other and wearing each other down until the rough spots are smooth. They're made by sharing secrets you'd never tell mom, and out of doing things for each other just because you feel like it, not because you have to. I guess you could say sisters are 'grown,' not manufactured, in a very special place called a family." — Lurlene McDaniel (Somewhere Between Life and Death)
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  • "The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you." — Lurlene McDaniel (Don't Die, My Love)
  • "I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other." — Lurlene McDaniel (Time to Let Go)
  • "Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides." — Lurlene McDaniel
  • "We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time."
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    Inspirational
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  • Growing up, Lurlene McDaniel lived in different parts of the country because her father was in the Navy. Eventually her family settled in Florida. She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned a B.A. in English.
  • Lindsay Thompson on 03 May 11
     
    About Lurlene growing up
Leslie Blankenship

books by Lurlene Mcdaniel (rochelle kathleen mcdaniel) - 0 views

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    books by Lurlene McDaniel
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Frenetic Reader: Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel - 0 views

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    Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel
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  • Random House Children's Books | December 28, 2004 | Reinforced Library Binding It's the summer after sophomore year and Raina has convinced her best friends since the sixth grade, Kathleen and Holly, to spend their summer as "pink angels" in Parker-Sloan General Hospital's summer volunteer program. Kathleen is reluctant to
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  • BREATHLESS, by Lurlene McDaniel
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    Book Trailer by Lurlene McDaniel!! It's about her book Breathless! :)
  • Bailee Carter on 06 May 11
     
    i saw that video it was awesome!!! (:
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    Picture of Lurlene!!
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Lurlene McDaniel - 1 views

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  • Nicole Hicks on 18 Apr 11
     
    This looks like a great website to learn more about Lurlene McDaniel.
  • Lindsay Thompson on 20 Apr 11
     
    Lurlene's thoughts.
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Teenreads.com -- Author Profile: Lurlene McDaniel - 0 views

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  • "I write the kind of books I write because I want to help kids understand that nobody gets to pick what life dishes out to them. What you do get to choose is how you respond to what life gives you. No matter what happens, life is a gift. And always worth living." —Lurlene McDaniel
  • McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3. His illness changed the lives of everyone in her family forever. "I saw what life was like for someone who was chronically ill, and I experienced how it affected the dynamics of the family," says McDaniel. She says she found that writing about the trauma and its effects was therapeutic
  • To make certain that her books are medically accurate, McDaniel conducts extensive research. She interviews health care professionals and works with appropriate medical groups and hospice organizations, as well as the Tennessee Organ Donor Services. "I study medicine and traditional grief therapy techniques to give the novels a sense of serious medical reality," she says. "I also study the Bible to instill the human element --- the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."
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  • She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned a B.A. in English.
  • In addition to her popular YA novels, McDaniel has written radio and television scripts, promotional and advertising copy, and a magazine column. She is a frequent speaker at schools, writers' conferences, and conventions.
  • Three of her novels were selected by children as IRA-CBC Children's Choices: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, TOO YOUNG TO DIE, and GOODBYE DOESN'T MEAN FOREVER. SIX MONTHS TO LIVE has been placed in a literary time capsule at the Library of Congress, to be opened in the year 2089.
  • McDaniel's works include TO LIVE AGAIN, one of the Dawn Rochelle books; ANGEL OF MERCY, the companion to ANGEL OF HOPE; and HOW DO I LOVE THEE, three stories about young couples who are inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's beautiful sonnet. In her novel, TELLING CHRISTINA GOODBYE, McDaniel shows that everything can change in the blink of an eye.
  • Lindsay Thompson on 20 Apr 11
     
    Lurlene's biography
Leslie Blankenship

Reviewer X: Author Interview: Lurlene McDaniel - 0 views

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  • Lurlene McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3. His illness changed the lives of everyone in her family forever. “I saw what life was like for someone who was chronically ill, and I experienced how it affected the dynamics of the family,” says McDaniel. She says she found that writing about the trauma and its effects was therapeutic. She has written over 40 novels about kids who face life-threatening illnesses. To find out more about her, visit her websites:
  • My path was pure blessing, luck, right place-right time. I wrote ad/pr copy on the side and one day met a woman at a photo shoot and we struck up a conversation. When she discovered I was a writer, she invited me to try my hand at a children's book because her father owned a publishing company---School Book Fairs (now Darby Press). They bought 23 books from me before I moved on to Bantam/Random House.
  • Letters from my readers usually captivate me with their stories of overcoming great odds and struggles to make the best out of what life hands them.
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  • I love the label. It was invented by librarians (I think) and it differentiates me from other YA writers.
  • No...readers tell me they like the endings because they reflect "real life." Some readers are disappointed when the boy/girl don't get together in an ending, however.
  • Fan mail still arrives, but the Web is where today's teen resides. That's why I have four Web contact points. I don't depend on snail mail anymore. Many letters have touched me. I have a "keeper" file of my best letters and sometimes read from it when I do public speaking.
  • That book was sold and in movie form before I was informed it had been filmed. Certainly I was paid, but I had no input about content. I was a little disappointed in the (not mine) ending (so were fans!), but I was glad it made it onto the screen at all because so many books get "optioned", but never produced. I'd still like one to go to the big screen, though.
  • Once again, longevity has been a major blessing. SIX MONTHS TO LIVE was first published in 1985, but it's still selling. Publishing today is harder than ever because the industry is in flux. Sales across the industry have fallen and no one quite knows how to fix it. Also the YA shelves are glutted with material and writers are fighting for shelf space. The YA rage now is fantasy, vampires, the supernatural. When I started with Bantam/Random House, the shelves were loaded with romance and horror. Styles change, but I will always write what I feel comfortable writing---teens handling life-altering events with a positive message about the wonder of living.
  • Write for the sheer pleasure of writing. Keep journals. Get an education. Submit. Focus on story, voice, style, structure, not on "being published."
  • I'm working on HEART 2 HEART, a story about a heart transplant and human connections. My newest, BREATHLESS, will come out in May 2009. It takes 4-6 months for me to write a book---if I don't procrastinate too much.
  • YA writing rocks!!! My agent and many readers have asked me to write for the adult market, but adults bore me. I love writing for teens and pre-teens.
Leslie Blankenship

Lurlene McDaniel Biography | BookRags.com - 0 views

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  • Talking to Lurlene McDaniel about her work is similar to reading a book of inspirational sayings; her conversation is sprinkled with such phrases as "life works out if you give it a chance," and "all things work to the good of those who love God."
Leslie Blankenship

Reviewer X: Lurlene McDaniel Books (Soooooo Many) - 0 views

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  • Author Lurlene McDaniel has written so many books, I’ve lost count. She’s one of those authors whose works you can only quantify as “over (however many) books.” Her official biography says over 40, to which I say, well over 40. I haven’t read her recent releases, but I think I pretty much exhausted her backlist back when I was in middle school. One thing that always struck me when reading her novels was how strong her characters were, or became throughout the (usually heartbreaking) course of the book. It was her work that made me look at medicine as a possible career path, and it was her work that kept me reading compulsively after I outgrew BSC.
Lindsay Thompson

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  • She was born in
  • She is also a aries
  • Philedelphia Pennsylvania
  • Lindsay Thompson on 02 May 11
     
    This is the year Lurlene was born, and where she was born. Also, it is her birth sign.
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