Lois Duncan Papers
Scope and Contents
The Lois Duncan Papers contain typescripts and related production material for seven books written by Duncan, including picture books, novels, and nonfiction works.
Dates
- 1970-circa 1995
Creator
- Duncan, Lois, 1934-2016 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Author Lois Duncan was born in 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began writing early in life, and published her first story in 1947 in the magazine Calling All Girls. One of her first novels, Debutante Hill, was published in 1958. In the 1970s she earned a BA from the University of New Mexico.
Although she wrote for a wide variety of ages, she is best known for her young adult suspense and thriller novels, including I Know What You Did Last Summer and Killing Mr. Griffin. In 1989 her youngest daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette, was murdered, and, in hope that it would help lead to information about the crime, Duncan published a nonfiction work, Who Killed My Daughter? in 1992.
Several of her books have been adapted into feature films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer and Hotel for Dogs. Duncan died in 2016.
Biographical source:
"Lois Duncan (1934-2016)." Something About the Author. Vol. 310. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2017.
Extent
.8 Cubic Feet (2 hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains production material related to seven titles written by author Lois Duncan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lois Duncan
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Detective and mystery stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emotional problems -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Extrasensory perception -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stories in rhyme Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Twins -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult fiction, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult literature, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Lois Duncan Papers, 1970-circa 1995
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jim Eyer
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- August 2018: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
