“I loved changing people's perceptions of life of the disabled, of the chronically ill,” she said. Since the beginning, McDaniel’s books have been centered on young adults dealing with issues of chronic illness and mortality, a topic she says was inspired by her son’s struggles with diabetes. “Your legacy can live in perpetuity if the library takes it.” “I'm so excited - you know, it's not every day that your legacy gets showcased,” McDaniel said. Thirty years after her first novel, young adult author Lurlene McDaniel has decided her latest book, “The Girl with the Broken Heart,” will be her last.Ī graduate of one of University of South Florida’s first classes in 1965, McDaniel will be returning to her alma mater to discuss her career and see an exhibition of her work at the Tampa campus library Thursday.
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