Lurlene McDaniel

Lurlene McDaniel is a published American author. She has authored over seventy novels for young adults. One of her books was the inspiration for Shattered Hearts, a 1998 movie.

The best place to start is the Dawn Rochelle series, the earliest of Lurlene McDaniel's multi-book series: it opens with Six Months to Live (1985) and runs to 5 books across 1985–2001, ending with To Live Again (2001). Lurlene McDaniel's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lurlene McDaniel has 86 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2018. 43 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the One Last Wish series with 12 books — and 43 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lurlene McDaniel's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dawn Rochelle (1985–2001, 5 books), Treetop Tales (1985–1996, 5 books) and Melissa & Jory (1989–2004, 3 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Lurlene McDaniel's 86 books into 11 named series and 43 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: One Last Wish (12 books, 1992–1999); Dawn Rochelle (5 books, 1985–2001); Treetop Tales (5 books, 1985–1996); Angels Trilogy (3 books, 1996–1998); Angels in Pink (3 books, 2004–2005), plus 6 further series.