What is Lois Duncan?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Lois Duncan |image = Lois Duncan Steinmetz playing the accordion aboard the shantyboat Lazy Bones (cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= | caption = Lois Duncan Steinmetz about 1947 | pseudonym = Lois Kerry | birth_name = Lois Duncan Steinmetz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|4|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|6|15|1934|4|28}} | death_place = [[South Sarasota]], [[Florida]], US | occupation = Writer, journalist | nationality = American | period = 1947–2016 | genre = [[Young adult literature|Young-adult]] [[mystery fiction]], [[supernatural fiction]], [[children's literature|children's]] [[poetry]] and [[picture books]] | notableworks= | awards = {{awd |[[Margaret Edwards Award]] |1992}} | signature = | website = {{URL|loisduncan.arquettes.com}} }} '''Lois Duncan Steinmetz''' (April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016), known as '''Lois Duncan''', was an [[Americans|American]] writer of children's books. She was best known for [[young-adult novel]]s of [[suspense]]. She wrote two early novels under the [[pen name]] '''Lois Kerry'''. Duncan won the 1992 [[Margaret Edwards Award]] from the [[American Library Association]] for her contribution in writing for teens. On June 15, 2016, at the age of 82, Duncan died at home in [[South Sarasota, Florida]] from complications of a stroke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/nm-novelist-lois-duncan-dies-at-82/4170604/|title=NM novelist Lois Duncan dies at 82|publisher=www.KOB.com|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617134752/http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/nm-novelist-lois-duncan-dies-at-82/4170604/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Lois}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:American children's