Francine Pascal is the creator of the phenomenally successful Sweet Valley series: Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, and Sweet Valley University. First launched in October 1983, the series now sells in twenty-two countries and has been translated into fifteen languages. Francine has also written for adults, including fiction, nonfiction for magazines, and TV scripts.
Francine has three grown-up daughters and several grandchildren. She draws much of the inspiration for her books through her own experiences and memories of growing up in New York. She says, “I was a very optimistic teenager and my conflicts were the stuff of everyday teenage trauma: loyalty, friendship, sacrifice, honor, truth, and love.”
She divides her time between New York and her second home in France.