Stephanie S. Tolan
{{short description|American author of children's books (born 1942)}}
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| language = English
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| education = Masters
| alma_mater = Purdue University
| period = 1978–present
| genre = Children's literature
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| notableworks = Surviving the Applewhites
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| awards = Newbery Medal Honor
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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm#00s|title=Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present |accessdate=22 April 2010 |author= |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher=American Library Association |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |quote= }} 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.Tolan's Web site: www.stephanietolan.com[http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=18819&displayType=interview Tolan interview at HarperCollins Publishers website] Her papers are kept at the University of Central Missouri.
Bibliography
=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[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-688-15394-6 Face in the Mirror review at Publishers Weekly]
- 1999 Ordinary Miracles, HarperTeen[http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephanie-s-tolan/ordinary-miracles-3/ Kirkus review of Ordinary Miracles]
- 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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.createspace.com/3635040 |title=Change Your Story, Change Your Life |publisher=Createspace.com |date=2011-09-28 |accessdate=2012-08-13}}
=Adapted works=
- The Bridge to Terabithia, a theatrical adaption of the 1977 book by Katherine Paterson{{cite web|author=Try Using... |url=http://www.stageplays.com/products/the_bridge_to_terabithia |title=The Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson & Stephanie S. Tolan | Stageplays.com: The World's Largest Collection of Plays and Musicals |publisher=Stageplays.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-13}}
=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.{{Cite web|url=https://lifearchitect.com.au/connected/|title=Connected: Intuition and Resonance in Smart People – Life Architect – Award-winning gifted coach for families, Alan D. Thompson|date=11 December 2019 |language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-03}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08432QPP2/|title=Connected: Intuition and Resonance in Smart People|last=|first=|date=21 January 2020|via=Amazon Kindle|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
= 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)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.prolibraries.com/nagc/?select=speaker&speakerID=903 Lectures by Tolan] at the National Association for Gifted Children
- [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/18819/Stephanie_S_Tolan/index.aspx Tolan at publisher HarperCollins]
- [http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/contribbios/tolan.html Tolan at Our White House], National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
- [http://guides.library.ucmo.edu/tolans Stephanie S. Tolan Papers] inventory at the James C. Kirkpatrick Library (University of Central Missouri), part of the Philip A. Sadler Research Collection of literature for children and young adults
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Category:American children's writers
Category:Newbery Honor winners
Category:Writers from Charlotte, North Carolina
Category:Purdue University alumni
Category:University of Central Missouri people
Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women children's writers