Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman is a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme is the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family. "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

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."

"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."

She lives in Washington State, and is a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

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

External links

• Jean Thesman at Library of Congress Authorities, with 38 catalog records
• T. J. Bradstreet at LC Authorities, with 3 records