Biography on carol plum ucci

American novelist

Carol Plum-Ucci (born August 16, 1957 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is a young adultnovelist and essayist.

Carol Plum-Ucci is a young adult novelist and essayist.

Carol Plum-Ucci is a young adult novelist and essayist.

Carol Plum-Ucci was working as a teaching assistant at Rutgers University when she wrote her first young-adult mystery novel, The Body of Christopher Creed.

Carol Plum-Ucci (born August 16, in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is a.

Carol Plum-Ucci is best known for her young adult novels that explore themes of psychological suspense, mystery, and the complexities of human nature.

Carol Plum-Ucci has been widely praised for capturing the heart and voice of teens while seamlessly combining reality with the supernatural.

Plum-Ucci's most famous work to date is The Body of Christopher Creed, for which she won a Michael L. Printz Award in 2002 and was named a Finalist to the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Describing her subjects as "the most common, timeless, and most heart-felt teenagers," Plum-Ucci is widely recognized for her use of the South Jersey shore to set scenes for engaging characters embracing suspense themes.

Early life, education, and career

Plum-Ucci was born to Neil Plum, owner of Plum Funeral Homes and a funeral home singer, and teacher Ellen Ingersoll Plum.^[1][2] As Plum-Ucci grew up she knew she wanted to write books.

The Body of Christopher Creed was her "cloud song." Plum-Ucci grew up on the barrier island of Brigantine, New Jersey, where she attended the public schools until the age of thirteen.^[3] She then