NEW YORK AP —Francine Pascal, a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing adventures of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and other teens captivated millions of young readers, has died at age 92.
Pascal died Sunday, her publisher, Penguin Random House, said.
Starting in 1983, Francine Pascal oversaw the completion of more than 150 “Sweet Valley High” stories with the help of others.
“Sweet Valley is the essence of high school,” Pascal told People magazine in 1988.
John Pascal died in 1981.
Persons:
Francine Pascal, Elizabeth, Jessica Wakefield, Pascal, ” Pascal, “, —, ”, Francine Paula Rubin, John Pascal, Dallas ”, Jessica, You’ll, Jerome Offenberg, Jamie
Organizations:
Sunday, Penguin Random, Wakefield, New York City, New York University, Cosmopolitan, Dallas, Entertainment
Locations:
Sweet, Angeles, New York