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
Lurlene McDaniel quotes about
I like to tell young people - you know one in four children die by their own hands - no matter how bad things seem, just wait a day, wait a week. Life will turn around.
I can be around kids if I need to be.
I wanted to write about the third world and had the opportunity to go live in the trenches, so to speak.
Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.
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.
From every ending comes a new beginning.
Because I want you to know that your're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. And I thought I should introduce myself. I mean, we should get to know each other. Since you're the girl I intend to marry. ~Mark Gianni
When my grandmother was alive, she used to tell me that every time God creates a soul in heaven, he creates another to become its special mate. And that once we're born, we begin our search for our soul mate, the one person who's the perfect fit for our mind and body. They lucky oens find each other.
If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.
I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.
By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.
We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.