Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman (1929–2016) was a popular and award-winning[1][2] novelist for young adults[3] whose predominant theme was the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family.[4][5] "I loved telling the story, because I really believed that families were made up of the people you wanted, not the people you were stuck with." —Emily Shepherd[6]

Biography

"My mother taught me to read before I started school, but I had to wait to be six before I could have a library card."[7]

"In 25 years, I wrote 40 books. Most of them came out under my own name, but a few were published under the name T.J. Bradstreet."[7]

She lived in Washington state, and was a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[8]

Jean Thesman died January 21, 2016 at age 86 after a short illness.[9]

Works
  • 1984 New Kid In Town
  • 1985 A Secret Love
  • 1985 Two Letters for Jenny
  • 1987 The Last April Dancers
  • 1987 Running Scared
  • 1988 Appointment with a Stranger
  • 1988 Was It Something I Said?
  • 1989 Couldn't I Start Over?
  • 1990 Rachel Chance
  • 1991 The Rain Catchers
  • 1991 Who Said Life Is Fair?
  • 1992 When The Road Ends
  • 1993 Molly Donnelly
  • 1994 Cattail Moon
  • 1994 Nothing Grows Here
  • 1995 A Night to Remember (contribution)
  • 1995 Summerspell
  • 1996 The Ornament Tree
  • 1997 Be Mine (contribution)
  • 1997 The Storyteller's Daughter
  • 1998 The Moonstones
  • 1999 The Other Ones
  • 1999 The Tree of Bells
  • 2000 Calling The Swan
  • 2001 In The House Of The Queen's Beasts
  • 2001 A Sea So Far
  • 2002 Between
  • 2003 Rising Tide
  • 2005 Singer

The Whitney Cousins series
  • 1990 Amelia
  • 1990 Erin
  • 1990 Heather
  • 1992 Triple Trouble

The Birthday Girls series
  • 1992 I'm Not Telling
  • 1992 Mirror, Mirror
  • 1992 Who Am I, Anyway?

The Elliott Cousins series
  • 1998 Jamie
  • 1998 Meredith
  • 1998 Teresa

As T.J. Bradstreet
  • 1995 Kitty's Wish
  • 1996 Lorna's Wish
  • 1996 Wendy's Wish
  • 1997 Before She Wakes

References
  1. Penguin website.
  2. "Awards page". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  3. SF Site
  4. Carol Hurst
  5. The Alan Review
  6. Jean Thesman, In the House of the Queen's Beasts (Viking, 2001, p.79).
  7. Author's quote from her website.
  8. Houghton Mifflin website.
  9. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=177530304


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