Stephanie S. Tolan (born 1942 in

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) is an American author of

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. Her book Surviving the Applewhites received a

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in 2003. She obtained a master's degree in English at

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. Tolan is a senior fellow at the Institute for Educational Advancement. She lives in

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, with her husband. Her papers are kept at the

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Bibliography

Children's books

* 1978 ''Grandpa and Me''

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* 1980 ''The Last of Eden'', Warne * 1981 ''The Liberation of Tansy Warner'', Scribners * 1981 ''No Safe Harbors'' * 1983 ''The Great Skinner Strike'',

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* 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?'',

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* 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'',

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* 2001 ''Flight of the Raven'' (Volume 2 of the Ark Trilogy), HarperTeen * 2002 '' Surviving the Applewhites'' 2003

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* 2004 ''Bartholomew's Blessing'' * 2006 ''Listen!'', HarperCollins * 2009 ''Wishworks, Inc.'', Arthur A. Levine Books, * 2012 ''Applewhites at Wit's End'' (Applewhites Family #2)

Books for adults

*2011 ''Change Your Story, Change Your Life'', Createspace.

Adapted works

*''The Bridge to Terabithia'', a theatrical adaption of the 1977

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Contributing author

*2008 ''Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out'', produced by the

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(various authors/illustrators).

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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)

References

External links

*
Lectures by Tolan
at the National Association for Gifted Children
Tolan at publisher HarperCollins
National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
Stephanie S. Tolan Papers
inventory at the James C. Kirkpatrick Library (

), part of the Philip A. Sadler Research Collection of literature for children and young adults * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolan, Stephanie S. 1942 births Living people American children's writers Newbery Honor winners Writers from Charlotte, North Carolina Purdue University alumni University of Central Missouri people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women children's writers American women novelists Novelists from North Carolina