Occupation Author Education Greenwich High School Role Author | Name Caroline Cooney Language English | |
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Genre Young-adult fictionFantasyHistorical fiction Nominations Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Books The Face on the Milk Carton, Code Orange, Whatever Happened to Janie?, What Janie Found, Diamonds in the Shadow Similar People Christopher Pike, Diane Hoh, R L Stine, Lael Littke, Richie Tankersley Cusick |
Caroline b cooney on writing
Caroline B. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for young adults.
Contents
- Caroline b cooney on writing
- Book review the face on the milk carton by caroline b cooney
- Early life and education
- Stand alone novels
- The Vampires Promise trilogy
- Janie Johnson series
- Losing Christina series
- Time Travelers Quartet
- References

Cooney was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. She currently resides in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Cooney's books have received several honors, including an IRA–CBC Children's Choice and being named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Most recently Cooney's Diamonds in the Shadow was named a 2008 ALA/YALSA Quick Pick and was a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Book review the face on the milk carton by caroline b cooney
Early life and education

Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, NY and grew up in Old Greenwich, CT. She went to Indiana University from 1965 to 1966, then went to Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing from 1966 to 1967. She went to the University of Connecticut in 1968. She attended several colleges but failed to obtain a degree. She did not initially know she wanted to be a writer.
Stand-alone novels

The Vampire's Promise trilogy
Janie Johnson series
Losing Christina series
The Losing Christina books have since been retitled Fog, Snow, and Fire.