Lurlene mcdaniel childhood obesity

Lurlene McDaniel (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books.

She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.

Lurlene mcdaniel childhood obesity

Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida - Tampa and currently resides in Tennessee.^[1]

Research

To make her novels medically accurate, she interviews health professionals and works with various medical groups including hospices.

She also studies the Bible to help infuse her wo