Jamie Suzanne

Jamie Suzanne is a collective pseudonym used by several ghostwriters for books in Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley franchise, chiefly the Sweet Valley Twins series that Bantam launched in 1986.

The name combines the names of Pascal's daughters. Pascal (1932-2024) created Sweet Valley High and wrote its first seven books herself before overseeing a team of writers who produced the rest of the franchise. Sweet Valley Twins was the first spin-off, following the Wakefield twins at middle school, and Bantam launched it on 1 July 1986 with Best Friends as book 1. The main numbered series ran to 118 books, with further Super Editions, Super Chillers, Magna Editions and spin-offs such as The Unicorn Club.

Writers identified as working under the Jamie Suzanne name include Louise Hawes, who wrote Sneaking Out and The New Girl, Linda Joy Singleton, Robynn Clairday and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. The byline also appears on some Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley University, Sweet Valley Junior High and Sweet Valley Kids titles. Wikidata classes the name as a collective pseudonym rather than a single person.

For collectors. These were Bantam paperback originals in long numbered runs, with 118 titles in the main Sweet Valley Twins series alone. Because one byline covers several writers, collectors interested in a particular ghostwriter need to rely on published attributions for individual books.