Carol Plum-Ucci (born August 16, 1957 in [Atlantic City, New Jersey]) is a young adult novelist and essayist. Plum-Ucci’s most famous work to date is (The Body of Christopher Creed, for which she won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award in 2002 and was named a Finalist to the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Describing her subjects as "the most common, timeless, and most heart-felt teenagers," Plum-Ucci is widely recognized for her use of the South Jersey shore to set scenes for engaging characters embracing suspense themes.