Lois Duncan

A prolific young adult writer, well known for her suspense novels. Several of her novels, Hotel For Dogs, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Killing Mr Griffin, Summer Of Fear and Stranger With My Face, have been adapted to Film or television, with I Know What You Did Last Summer probably being the best known.

Having been a writer since The Fifties, her style has changed much over the years, with some of her earlier books possibly being even a little bit sexist in tone.

Her works include:

 * A Gift of Magic
 * Down a Dark Hall
 * Hotel For Dogs
 * News For Dogs
 * Movie For Dogs
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer
 * Killing Mr Griffin
 * Stranger With My Face
 * Summer Of Fear: The Live Action Adaptation is also known as Stranger in Our House, and stars Linda Blair.