Sandra Scoppettone

About the Author

Sandra Scoppettone is a mystery writer. She was raised in South Orange, New Jersey. In the 1960s, Scoppettone collaborated with Louise Fitzhugh, on two books. She began writing her own young adult novels in the 1970s. Her book, Trying Hard to Hear You, was one of the first young adult novels to show more feature a lesbian character. Scoppettone's 1976 novel, The Late Great Me, dealt with teenage alcoholism and was made into an Emmy winning television special. Another book, Playing Murder, was nominated for a Edgar Award. Scoppettone's first three mysteries for adults were written under the pseudonym Jack Early. Her book, Everything You Have Is Mine sparked an ongoing series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Jack Early, Sandra Scoppetone, Scoppettone Sandra, Sandra Scoppettone, Sandra Scoppettone, Sandra Scoppettone, Sandra. Scoppetone, Sandra Scoppettone writing as Jack Early

Disambiguation Notice:

"Jack Early" is a pseudonym used by Sandra Scoppettone. Please do not separate it from the main author.

Image credit: Sandra Scoppettone

Series

Lauren Laurano

Faye Quick

Works by Sandra Scoppettone

Popular Recent

Everything You Have Is Mine (1991) 310 copies, 4 reviews

I'll Be Leaving You Always (1993) 252 copies, 4 reviews

My Sweet Untraceable You (1994) 225 copies

Happy Endings Are All Alike (1978) 199 copies, 3 reviews

Let's Face the Music and Die (1996) 178 copies, 1 review

Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey (1998) 166 copies, 1 review

Trying Hard to Hear You (1974) 137 copies, 4 reviews

This Dame for Hire (2005) 132 copies, 4 reviews

Donato and Daughter (1988) 102 copies, 1 review

Too Darn Hot (2006) 89 copies, 3 reviews

The Late Great Me (1976) 84 copies, 1 review

A Creative Kind of Killer (1984) 73 copies, 2 reviews

The Wonderful Adventures of Suzuki Beane: A Lovable Little Hipster (2000) 63 copies, 4 reviews

Razzamatazz (1985) 49 copies

Some Unknown Person (1977) 38 copies

Playing Murder (1985) 34 copies

Bang Bang You're Dead (1969) 28 copies, 1 review

Beautiful Rage (2004) 24 copies

Long Time Between Kisses (1982) 20 copies

Such Nice People (1980) 17 copies, 1 review

Innocent Bystanders (1982) 4 copies

Long Island Blues (1999) 2 copies

Stopped reading, no to others 1 copy

Workbook for Landmark Level 11: HBJ Reading 1987 (1987) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Sisters in Crime (1990) — Contributor — 126 copies, 1 review

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007) — Contributor — 80 copies, 4 reviews

Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America/Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 43 copies, 2 reviews

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2005 v06 #282 (2005) 35 copies

Discount Noir (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Scoppettone, Sandra
Other names: Early, Jack
Birthdate: 1936-06-01
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Occupations: crime fiction writer
Disambiguation notice: "Jack Early" is a pseudonym used by Sandra Scoppettone. Please do not separate it from the main author.

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Reviews

Bang, Bang, You're Dead by Louise Fitzhugh

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

The Wonderful Adventures of Suzuki Beane by Sandra Scoppettone

Lovely story - I didn't even know it existed until today. Lucky me for finding it!

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toddtyrtle | 3 other reviews | Dec 28, 2022 |

Trying Hard To Hear You (Old Edition) by Sandra Scoppettone

I read this book back in High School and it always stayed with me. I finally bought a copy and re-read it, I was worried it wouldn't be as good as I remembered it but it was. This is definitely one of my favorite books.

"As long as people love instead of hate, what difference does it make who they love?"

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Jess_M | 3 other reviews | Nov 17, 2022 |

Suzuki Beane by Sandra Scoppettone

A wonderful book that was the first hardcover I bought for myself. My original copy was loved to death over the years and now my brother gave me two copies!

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auntieknickers | 3 other reviews | Nov 1, 2022 |

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