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'{{short description|American author (born 1936)}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | name = Sandra Scoppettone | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = Jack Early | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|6|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Morristown, New Jersey]], [[United States of America]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = English | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Young Adult, Mystery | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Suzuki Bean'', ''Happy Endings Are All Alike'', ''Trying Hard to Hear You'', ''Everything You Have Is Mine'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Award (1972), Shamus Award of the Private Eye Writers of America. | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }} '''Sandra Scoppettone''' (born June 1, 1936, [[Morristown, New Jersey]])<ref name="auto">Day, Frances Ann (2000). Lesbian and gay voices: An annotated bibliography and guide to literature for children and young adults. Greenwood Press.</ref> is an American author whose career spans the 1960s through the 2000s. She is known for her [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] and [[Young adult literature|young adult]] books. She wrote ''[[Suzuki Beane]]'' (1961 with [[illustrator]] [[Louise Fitzhugh]].)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Betsy|last2=Danielson|first2=Julie|last3=Sieruta|first3=Peter|title=Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PC74AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|date=5 August 2014|publisher=Candlewick Press|isbn=978-0-7636-6771-9|page=59}}</ref> The novel is a satire on Kay Thompson's ''[[Eloise (books)|Eloise]]'' series (1956–59).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bird |first1=Betsy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PC74AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |title=Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature |last2=Danielson |first2=Julie |last3=Sieruta |first3=Peter |date=5 August 2014 |publisher=Candlewick Press |isbn=978-0-7636-6771-9 |page=59}}</ref> The story is told from the viewpoint of a young child of [[Bleecker Street]] beats. Little Suzuki encounters a different lifestyle when she becomes friends with Henry Martin, a rich kid from the [[Upper East Side]]. [[Desilu Productions|Desilu]] purchased the rights in 1962 for a possible adaptation of the characters for development and inclusion into a live-action television series starring comedian-musician [[Victor Borge]]. A television pilot was made, with [[Katie Sweet]] as Suzuki and [[Jimmy Garrett]] as Henry, but the series was not picked up.<ref>{{cite book |last=Karol |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCbUZ4gJYRQC&pg=PA365 |title=Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-29761-0 |page=365}}</ref> Scoppettone [[coming out|came out]] as a lesbian in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/6/scoppettone.html |publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]] |last=Hymowech |first=Gena |title=Sandra Scoppettone: From Trying Hard to Hear You to Too Darn Hot |date=29 June 2006 |accessdate=2 October 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605185442/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2006/6/scoppettone.html |archivedate= 5 June 2009 }}</ref> Her play ''Home Again, Home Again, Jiggerty Jig'' was produced by [[Doric Wilson#Gay theater|TOSOS]], a gay and lesbian theatre company, in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2, 1975|title=New York Times: Arts and Leisure Guide|website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/02/archives/arts-and-leisure-guide-arts-and-leisure-guide-arts-and-leisure.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref> Her book ''Happy Endings Are All Alike'' (1978) was one of the earliest young-adult books to depict a lesbian relationship; it was chosen by the American Library Association for its "Best Books for Young Adults" list.<ref name="auto"/> Three of her novels have been finalists for the [[Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-07-14 |title=4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1992/07/lambda-literary-awards-1991/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-07-14 |title=6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1994/07/lambda-literary-awards-1993/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez Cerna |first=Antonio |date=1995-07-15 |title=7th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1995/07/lambda-literary-awards-1994/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}</ref> == Publications == === Mystery === *''Some Unknown Person'' (1977) *''Such Nice People'' (1980) *''Innocent Bystanders'' (1983) *''Beautiful Rage'' (2004) *''This Dame for Hire'' (2005) *''Too Darn Hot'' (2006) ==== As Jack Early ==== *''A Creative Kind of Killer'' (1984) *''Razzamatazz'' (1985) *''Donato & Daughter'' (1988) ==== Lauren Laurano series ==== *''Everything You Have Is Mine'' (1991) *''I'll Be Leaving You Always'' (1993) *''My Sweet Untraceable You'' (1994) *''Let's Face The Music and Die'' (1996) *''Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey'' (1999) === Young adult literature === *''Trying Hard to Hear You'' (1974) *''The Late Great Me'' (1976) *''Happy Endings Are All Alike'' (1978) *''Long Time Between Kisses'' (1982) *''Playing Murder'' (1985) === Children's books === *'' Bang, Bang, You're Dead'' (co-written with Louise Fitzhugh, illus. Fitzhugh) (Harper & Row, 1969) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{official website}} {{dead link|date=September 2020}} * {{LCAuth|n79117112|Sandra Scoppettone|22|}} * [http://lccn.loc.gov/n83184435 Jack Early] at LC Authorities, with 3 records {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scoppettone, Sandra}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:20th-century American novelists]] [[Category:21st-century American novelists]] [[Category:American mystery writers]] [[Category:American women novelists]] [[Category:American writers of Italian descent]] [[Category:American lesbian writers]] [[Category:LGBT people from New Jersey]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American LGBT novelists]] [[Category:Women mystery writers]] [[Category:20th-century American women writers]] [[Category:21st-century American women writers]] [[Category:People from Morristown, New Jersey]] [[Category:Novelists from New Jersey]]'