A prolific young adult writer, well known for her suspense novels. Several of her novels,
Hotel For Dogs,
I Know What You Did Last Summer,
Killing Mr Griffin,
Summer Of Fear and
Stranger With My Face, have been adapted to
film or
television, with
I Know What You Did Last Summer probably being the best known.
Having been a writer since
The Fifties, her style has changed much over the years, with some of her
earlier books possibly being even a little bit sexist in tone.
Her works include: