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Remembering Francine Pascal, Creator of Sweet Valley High and a Lot of my Reading History

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Francine Pascal, creator of the Sweet Valley High series, has died at age 92. Her death was announced yesterday, and there is a lot of coverage – the Guardian, People, Variety and EW have written about her life alongside the BBC and the NY Times. For a lot of people my age, Sweet Valley was an indelible companion though adolescence. They were first published in 1983, and ran for more than 175 books over two … Continue reading Remembering Francine Pascal, Creator of Sweet Valley High and a Lot of my Reading History