Stephanie S. Tolan

Stephanie S. Tolan (born 1942 in Ohio) is an American author of children's books. Her book Surviving the Applewhites received a Newbery Honor in 2003. She obtained a master's degree in English at Purdue University. Tolan is a senior fellow at the Institute for Educational Advancement. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband. Her papers are kept at the University of Central Missouri.

Children's books

 * 1978 Grandpa and Me Scribners
 * 1980 The Last of Eden, Warne
 * 1981 The Liberation of Tansy Warner, Scribners
 * 1981 No Safe Harbors
 * 1983 The Great Skinner Strike, Atheneum Books
 * 1983 A Time to Fly Free
 * 1986 Pride of the Peacock, Atheneum
 * 1987 The Great Skinner Getaway
 * 1987 The Great Skinner Homestead
 * 1988 A Good Courage
 * 1990 Plague Year, William Morrow
 * 1992 The Witch of Maple Park
 * 1992 Sophie and the Sidewalk Man
 * 1992 March Hooper and the Greatest Treasure in the World
 * 1993 Save Halloween William Morrow
 * 1994 Who's There?, HarperCollins
 * 1996 Welcome to the Ark (Volume 1 of the Ark Trilogy), William Morrow
 * 1996 The Great Skinner Enterprise
 * 1998 The Face in the Mirror, HarperCollins
 * 1999 Ordinary Miracles, HarperTeen
 * 2001 Flight of the Raven (Volume 2 of the Ark Trilogy), HarperTeen
 * 2002 Surviving the Applewhites 2003 Newbery Honor Book
 * 2004 Bartholomew's Blessing
 * 2006 Listen!, HarperCollins
 * 2009 Wishworks, Inc., Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBN 978-0-545-03154-7
 * 2012 Applewhites at Wit's End (Applewhites Family #2)

Books for adults

 * 2011 Change Your Story, Change Your Life, Createspace. ISBN 978-1-4662-1405-7

Adapted works

 * The Bridge to Terabithia, a theatrical adaption of the 1977 book by Katherine Paterson

Contributing author

 * 2008 Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out, produced by the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (various authors/illustrators). Candlewick Press

Foreword

 * 2020 Connected: Intuition and Resonance in Smart People, by Alan D. Thompson.

Articles

 * 2008 "What We May Be: What Dabrowski's Work Can Do for Gifted Adults" (in the book Living With Intensity, edited by Susan Daniels & Michael M. Piechowski)