Lurlene McDaniel
Lurlene McDaniel
Lurlene McDanielis an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books. She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide. She is a graduate of the University of South...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 April 1944
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.
None of us truly knows what we'll do when the circumstances become so overwhelming and complex that we can't even tell right from wrong.
Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.
Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.
Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.
For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.