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."

She lived in Washington state, and was a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

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