Caroline B. Cooney

Caroline B. Cooney(born May 10th 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut and raised there) is an author of horror and mystery books for teenagers.

An avid reader, Cooney read many books while in elementary school. The three that most influenced her were Sword of The Wilderness by Elizabeth Coalsworth, Indian Captive by Lois Lenski, and Black River Captive by West Lanthrop.

Cooney played the piano, directed a chorus and was a church organ player by the time she was 15. While a teenager, she favored reading books in the The Hardy Boys and Cherry Ames series.

During college, she studied arts, music and English. It was in college that she began to write and considered writing as a career for the first time.

She has written over 100 books and earned various awards for many of them.

Partial bibliography

* Christina Romney Series
*# The Fog (1989) (rereleased as Losing Christina #1: Fog)
*# The Snow (1990) (rereleased as Losing Christina #2: Snow)
*# The Fire (1990) (rereleased as Losing Christina #3: Fire)
* Jennie Spring/Janie Johnson Series
*# The Face on the Milk Carton (1990)
*# Whatever Happened to Janie? (1993)
*# The Voice on the Radio (1996)
*# What Janie Found (2000)
* Time Travelers Quartet
*# Both Sides of Time (1995)
*# Out of Time (1996)
*# Prisoner of Time
*# For All Time
* Among Friends (1987)
* The Perfume (1992)
* The Stranger (1993)
* Driver's Ed (book) (1994)
* Twins (1994)
* The Terrorist (1997)
* Wanted! (1997)
* What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story (1997)
* Burning Up (1999)
* Fatality (2001)
* The Ransom of Mercy Carter (2001)
* Camp Girl-Meets-Boy
* Camp Reunion
* The Cheerleader
* Code Orange
* Don't Blame the Music
* Emergency Room
* Family Reunion
* Flash Fire
* Flight 116 is Down
* Forbidden
* Freeze Tag
* The Girl Who Invented Romance
* Hush Little Baby
* Mummy
* Operation: Home Front
* The Return of the Vampire
* Saturday Night
* Tune in Anytime
* Twenty Pageants Later
* The Vampire's Promise

In addition, her novels Driver's Ed, Among Friends, Twenty Pageants Later, Both Sides of Time and Out of Time have also garnered her awards, including the ALA award.