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
edit"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
edit- 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
edit- 1990 Amelia
- 1990 Erin
- 1990 Heather
- 1992 Triple Trouble
The Birthday Girls series
edit- 1992 I'm Not Telling
- 1992 Mirror, Mirror
- 1992 Who Am I, Anyway?
The Elliott Cousins series
edit- 1998 Jamie
- 1998 Meredith
- 1998 Teresa
As T.J. Bradstreet
edit- 1995 Kitty's Wish
- 1996 Lorna's Wish
- 1996 Wendy's Wish
- 1997 Before She Wakes
References
edit- ^ Penguin website.
- ^ "Awards page". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ SF Site
- ^ Carol Hurst
- ^ The Alan Review
- ^ Jean Thesman, In the House of the Queen's Beasts (Viking, 2001, p.79).
- ^ a b Author's quote from her website.
- ^ Houghton Mifflin website.
- ^ "Jean Thesman Obituary (1929 - 2016) the Seattle Times". Legacy.com.
External links
edit- Official website
- Jean Thesman at Library of Congress, with 38 library catalog records
- T. J. Bradstreet at LC Authorities, with 3 records
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