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Lurlene McDaniel (born 1944 in Canada, although she has lived in the U.S. for most of her life) is an author who has written over 60 young adult books. She is well-known for writing about characters struggling with mortality and chronic illness. Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide.
To make her novels medically accurate, she interviews health professionals and works with various medical groups including hospices. She also studies the Bible to help infuse her work with "the human element...the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."
Other Types of Work more less In addition to her young adult catalog, she has also written scripts for radio and television, advertised products, and written her own magazine column. Tyrell James is a frequent guest speaker, seen everywhere from schools to conventions.
Partial Bibliography more less Novels
For Better, For Worse, Forever
Heart to Heart
I’m a Cover Girl Now
More than Just a Smart Girl
Mother, Please Don’t Die
The End of Forever
What’s It Like to Be a Star?
Where’s the Horse for Me / Three’s a Crowd
Always and Forever
Briana’s Gift
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Last dance
Letting go of Lisa
Angel of Hope
Sometimes Love isn't Enough (1984)
Too Young to Die (August 1989)
Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever (August 1989)
Somewhere Between Life and Death (1990)
Time to Let Go (1990)
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (March 1991)
When Happily Ever After Ends (February 1992)
Mourning Song (May 1992)
Baby Alicia Is Dying (June 1993)
Don't Die, My Love (August 1995)
Saving Jessica (May 1996)
I'll Be Seeing You (July 1996)
Till Death Do Us Part (July 1997)
For Better, For Worse, Forever (September 1997)
The Girl Death Left Behind (May 1999)
Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories (October 2000)
Why Did She Have To Die (January 2001)
Telling Christina Goodbye (April 2002)
A Rose For Melinda (August 2002)
How Do I Love Thee: Three Stories (December 2002)
Garden of Angels (May 2003)
The Time Capsule (September 2003)
Til Death Do Us Part and For Better, For Worse, Forever were reissued as a double novel, Two Novels in October 2003.
If I Should Die Before I Wake (January 2004)
A Horse for Mandy (September 2004)
My Secret Boyfriend (February 2004)
Too Young to Die and Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever were reissued as a double novel, Two Novels in May 2004.
Angels of Mercy and Angel of Hope were reissued as a double novel, Two Novels (October 2004)
Sometimes Love Isn't Enough (December 2006)
Hit and Run (2007)
Prey (2008)
All The Days Of Her Life (One Last Wish)
Sixteen And Dying (One Last Wish)
Reach for Tomorrow (One Last Wish)
Breathless (May 2009)
A Time to Die (One Last Wish)
Please Don’t Die (One Last Wish)
Mourning Song (One Last Wish)
She Died Too Young (One Last Wish)
Mother, Help Me Live (One Last Wish)
Someone Dies, Someone Lives (One Last Wish)
A Season for Goodbye (One Last Wish)
Let Him Live (One Last Wish)
The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True (One Last Wish)
Trilogies
The Angels Trilogy
Angels Watching Over Me (November 1996)
Lifted Up By Angels (November 1997)
Until Angels Close My Eyes (August 1998)
Reissued as The Angels Trilogy (October 2002)
The Angels in Pink Trilogy
Kathleen's Story (December 2004)
Raina's Story (May 2005)
Holly's Story (December 2005)
Rebecca's Story (June 2006)
The Mercy / Journey of Hope Trilogy
Angel of Mercy
Angel of Hope
Quintets
The Dawn Rochelle Quintet
Six Months to Live
I Want to Live
So Much to Live For
No Time to Cry
These first four novels were combined into an omni titled Dawn Rochelle, Four Novels
To Live Again (April 2001)
Total Books: 339