Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman (1929–2016) was a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme was 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."

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

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