Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman is a popular and award-winning[1][2] novelist for young adults[3] whose predominant theme is 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 lives in Washington State, and is a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[8]

Works

The Whitney Cousins series

The Birthday Girls series

The Elliott Cousins series

As T.J. Bradstreet

References

  1. Penguin website.
  2. Awards page
  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. 1 2 Author's quote from her website.
  8. Houghton Mifflin website.

External links


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