Lois Duncan modeled the main character in HOTEL FOR DOGS after her childhood self. Like Andi, Lois knew from an early age that she wanted to be a writer and started submitting stories to magazines when she was ten. Today she is the author of 50 books, most of them for young people. She lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband, and can be found online at http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/.
Lois Duncan is an acclaimed suspense author for young adults. She has published nearly 50 books for children, including <I>I Know What You Did Last Summer</I>, which was adapted into a highly-successful horror film, and <I>Who Killed My Daughter?</I>, a non-fiction book about the harrowing experience of her daughter's murder. Lois was the keynote speaker at the 2010 NCTE Convention.