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{{short description|American novelist}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2008}}
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| name = Carol Plum-Ucci
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|8|16}}
| birth_place = [[Atlantic City
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| genre = [[Young Adult literature]]
| notableworks = The Body of Christopher creed
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'''Carol Plum-Ucci''' (born August 16, 1957 in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]) is a [[
== Early life, education, and career ==
Plum-Ucci was born to Neil Plum, owner of Plum Funeral Homes and a funeral home singer, and teacher Ellen Ingersoll Plum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plum, Neil P. |url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/obituaries/plum-neil-p/article_52b39b17-7beb-5f2e-8634-2b2a1e602937.html |website=The Press of Atlantic City |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ellen Ingersoll Plum |url=https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/obituaries/ellen-ingersoll-plum/article_cf10f39c-6006-11eb-9d0b-43af78a9dc06.html |website=Your sun |date=26 January 2021 |publisher=Sun Port Charlotte |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> As Plum-Ucci grew up she knew she wanted to write books. The Body of Christopher Creed was her "cloud song."
Plum-Ucci grew up on the barrier island of [[Brigantine, New Jersey]], where she attended the public schools until the age of thirteen.<ref name=ThePress>Good, Daniel. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/113/story/204508.html "A mature subject for local author's new teen novel"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802232047/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/113/story/204508.html |date=August 2, 2008 }}, ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', July 13, 2008. Accessed September 2, 2008. "The work station in her Absecon home resembles a child's bedroom....Plum-Ucci, a Brigantine native, situates her stories in the towns and beaches from her childhood."</ref> She then went to Atlantic City Friends’ School, where her grandmother, Neva Ingersoll, taught advanced high school mathematics. She graduated from [[Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)|Holy Spirit High School]] in 1975. Her father, Neil Plum, and her paternal grandmother, Ads Plum, partnered in the funeral business, owning Plum Funeral Homes in Brigantine, Atlantic City, and Ventnor. Plum-Ucci largely attributes her
She received her
She has been a resident of [[Absecon, New Jersey]].<ref name=ThePress/>
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== Novels ==
* ''[[The Body of Christopher Creed]]'', 2000 {{ISBN
* ''What Happened to Lani Garver'', 2002 {{ISBN
* ''The She'', 2003 {{ISBN
* ''The Night My Sister Went Missing'', 2006 {{ISBN
* ''Streams of Babel'', 2008 {{ISBN
* ''The Fire will fall'', 2010 {{ISBN
== Awards ==
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