Caroline B. Cooney's biography
Caroline B. Cooney is an American author, who has a penchant for suspense, horror, romance and mystery novels.
She was born in 1947 and grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Her three children are named Louise, Sayre and Harold. Cooney has four grandchildren, Lizzie, Maggie, Max and Simon. She has lived in different places, but now she lives in South Carolina where it's warm and sunny. She loves the sun! Cooney began to write when she was in college. She often says,“I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards and pizza toppings.” Award-winning author Caroline B. Cooney writes for adolescents and she definitely knows what they like to read. In fact, Cooney's all-time favorite fan letter came from a 12-year-old girl who hated reading. But after being forced to read one of Cooney's books, the girl admitted it had not been a waste of time and it had even been enjoyable. "And so," wrote the girl, "I came to an important decision. I am writing to tell you that I have decided to read a second book." The novel we are going to discuss in class - The Face on the Milk Carton - belongs to a series of novels about a teenage girl named Janie Johnson. This novel is the first one in the series of six:
You can click on the titles of the book series to find more information about the novels of Caronline Cooney. |