Francine Pascal, the creator of the Sweet Valley High book series, has died. She was 92.
Her daughter Laurie Wenk-Pascal said she died of lymphoma at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on Sunday, July 28, The New York Times reports. PEOPLE reached out to Pascal's publisher.
Born in Manhattan on May 13, 1932, Pascal grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and found success with the young adult series in 1983. Pascal created Sweet Valley High, which consisted of 181 books, and wrote the first 12 books. Soon, a team of writers would maintain the stories of identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield in the fictional Los Angeles suburb of Sweet Valley.
"Sweet Valley is the essence of high school. It's that moment before reality hits, when you really do believe in the romantic values — sacrifice, love, loyalty, friendship — before you get jaded and slip off into adulthood," she said of the series in an interview with PEOPLE in 1988.
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Her daughter Laurie Wenk-Pascal said she died of lymphoma at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on Sunday, July 28, The New York Times reports. PEOPLE reached out to Pascal's publisher.
Born in Manhattan on May 13, 1932, Pascal grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and found success with the young adult series in 1983. Pascal created Sweet Valley High, which consisted of 181 books, and wrote the first 12 books. Soon, a team of writers would maintain the stories of identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield in the fictional Los Angeles suburb of Sweet Valley.
"Sweet Valley is the essence of high school. It's that moment before reality hits, when you really do believe in the romantic values — sacrifice, love, loyalty, friendship — before you get jaded and slip off into adulthood," she said of the series in an interview with PEOPLE in 1988.
Francine Pascal, 'Sweet Valley High' Book Creator, Dies at 92
Francine Pascal, creator of young adult book series "Sweet Valley High," died on Sunday, July 28. She was 92.
Francine Pascal, creator of Sweet Valley High book series, dies at 92
Francine Pascal, mastermind of the long-running, best-selling, and much-beloved 'Sweet Valley High' series of young-adult books, died on Sunday in Manhattan at the age of 92.
