Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman 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

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.
  9. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=177530304

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