“I
love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing
profession.” – Caroline B. Cooney
Born in Connecticut on this date in
1947, Cooney is an award-winning author of Young Adult fiction in a wide range
of genres ranging from mystery and suspense to romance and horror. Her 2008 book Diamonds
in the Shadow was named a 2008 ALA/YALSA Quick Pick
and was a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, but she
is best known for her early 1990s novel The
Face on the Milk Carton, which sold over 3 million copies and was made into
a television movie.
Although she got off to a rather
rocky start in her writing career, once she “connected,” she never dropped off
the writing map again. To date she’s
published over 60 books and many dozens of short stories – something she first
thought might be what she would do throughout her writing life.
“I wrote 8 full-length adult novels
in my twenties. None of them were published,” she said. “And so, I decided to write short stories
because they got rejected quicker.”
But, of course, they did not get
rejected and led to her writing 
"published" novels as well. Cooney said she first knew she would be a
writer in the 6th grade and never gave up on the dream even with
those early publishing issues. “I’m one
of the lucky writers,” she said. “Plots
come easily to me.”
"published" novels as well. Cooney said she first knew she would be a
writer in the 6th grade and never gave up on the dream even with
those early publishing issues. “I’m one
of the lucky writers,” she said. “Plots
come easily to me.”
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