Louise Munro Foley
Personal Information
Description
Louise Munro Foley (born October 22, 1933) is a Canadian writer who later moved to the United States. She was born as Louise Munro in Toronto; her last name was adopted in 1957 when she married Donald Foley. In the 1960s she worked as a copy editor for a number of radio stations and department stores before taking courses at California State University in Sacramento. Whilst doing this, she wrote her first book, "The Caper Club" and it was published in 1969. Foley also wrote a number of articles for Writer's Digest and the Christian Science Monitor during this period, besides hosting a number of radio programmes. After she finished her degree at California State University in 1976, Foley divorced and turned to full-time writing, firstly for the Twistaplot series and from 1983, for Choose Your Own Adventure. Foley was only the fourth author after Edward Packard, R.A. Montgomery and Richard Brightfield to permanently establish herself within the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Her last book for Choose Your Own Adventure, Ghost Train was written in 1991. Since that time, Foley has moved to young-adult fiction, writing a number of books about intelligent cats. Foley is currently an instructor at the Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, Connecticut. [source](
Books
Choose Your Own Adventure - Ghost Train
The reader's decisions control the course of a mystery involving the sabotage of orchards on a farm in British Columbia.
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Cobra Connection
It's your first trip to San Francisco and you're there with George, your uncle's business partner. He doesn't have much time to show you the sights, so you've been exploring the city on your own. Suddenly, on your way up to your hotel room, you are kidnapped and taken to the apartment of a government agent. He claims to know George and asks for your help. There's something sinister about this man. Should you trust him?
Choose Your Own Adventure - Mystery of the Sacred Stones
While exploring an Indian burial ground, the reader finds a distinctively carved stone. According to Indian lore, if the stone is matched with its mate, a powerful, destructive magic will be unleashed. The reader must find the stone's mate and keep them from being used for evil.
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mardi Gras Mystery
The reader journeys to New Orleans to work in an uncle's antique shop during Mardi Gras and encounters a ruthless woman out to recover a priceless family heirloom.
Choose Your Own Adventure - Forest of Fear
Readers find themselves transported to the frightening Forest of Fear, a strange place where time is turned upside down and Indian myths come to life.
Choose Your Own Adventure - Danger at Anchor Mine
While spending the summer in a small mining town, the reader discovers an old diary that leads to a dangerous quest for gold, in this multi-plot adventure.
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mystery of the Highland Crest
Young readers journey to Scotland to find a missing family crest and encounter mysterious curses, ghosts, sinister forces, and other dangers.
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Lost Tribe
You have come to New Zealand with a team of archaeologists to search for the Lost Tribe of Fiordland—a Māori tribe no one has seen for 200 years. You are deep in the wilderness when suddenly you're caught in a hunting snare...
Tackle 22
A little brother replaces a regular team member who is sick, but the outlook for Saturday's football game is still grim.
Somebody stole second
Not wishing to forfeit tomorrow's little league game to their arch rivals, the Jets conduct a frantic search for the missing second base.
Australia
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mystery of Echo Lodge
While investigating a series of bizarre and frightening occurrences at Aunt Sadie's ski lodge, the reader is captured by two strange men, in this multiple-plot adventure