Sandra Scoppettone Explained

Sandra Scoppettone (born June 1, 1936, Morristown, New Jersey)^[1] is an American author whose career spans the 1960s through the 2000s. She is known for her mystery and young adult books.

She wrote Suzuki Beane (1961 with illustrator Louise Fitzhugh.)^[2]

She came out as a lesbian in the 1970s.^[3] Her play Home Again, Home Again, Jiggerty Jig was produced by TOSOS, a gay and lesbian theatre company, in 1975.^[4] Her book Happy Endings Are All Alike (1978) was one of the earliest young-adult books to depict a lesbian relationship; it was chosen by the American Library Association for its "Best Books for Young Adults" list.^[1] Three of her novels have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Publications

Mystery

• Some Unknown Person (1977)
• Such Nice People (1980)
• Innocent Bystanders (1983)
• Beautiful Rage (2004)
• This Dame for Hire (2005)
• Too Darn Hot (2006)

As Jack Early

• A Creative Kind of Killer (1984)
• Razzamatazz (1985)
• Donato & Daughter (1988)

Lauren Laurano series

• Everything You Have Is Mine (1991)
• I'll Be Leaving You Always (1993)
• My Sweet Untraceable You (1994)
• Let's Face The Music and Die (1996)
• Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey (1998)

Young adult literature

• Trying Hard to Hear You (1974)
• The Late Great Me (1976)
• Happy Endings Are All Alike (1978)
• Long Time Between Kisses (1982)
• Playing Murder (1985)

Children's books

• Bang, Bang, You're Dead (co-written with Louise Fitzhugh, illus. Fitzhugh) (Harper & Row, 1969)

External links

• • • Jack Early at LC Authorities, with 3 records

Notes and References

1. Day, Frances Ann (2000). Lesbian and gay voices: An annotated bibliography and guide to literature for children and young adults. Greenwood Press.
2. Book: Bird. Betsy. Danielson. Julie. Sieruta. Peter. Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature. 5 August 2014. Candlewick Press. 978-0-7636-6771-9. 59.
3. Web site: Sandra Scoppettone: From Trying Hard to Hear You to Too Darn Hot . . Hymowech . Gena . 29 June 2006 . 2 October 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605185442/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/6/scoppettone.html . 5 June 2009 .
4. Web site: February 2, 1975. New York Times: Arts and Leisure Guide. . June 1, 2021.
5. Web site: 1992-07-14 . 4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . 2022-02-28 . Lambda Literary . en.
6. Web site: 1994-07-14 . 6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . 2022-02-28 . Lambda Literary . en.
7. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna . Antonio . 1995-07-15 . 7th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . 2022-02-28 . Lambda Literary . en.