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Jean Ferris Jean Ferris

Last updated on: April 9, 2010

This author is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects: living with a deaf parent (Of Sound Mind), facing the consequences of a criminal act (Bad), or questioning one's sexuality (Eight Seconds). But Jean Ferris is also adept at writing comedy, historical fiction, and romance. What's most interesting is that she didn't publish her first novel until she was in her mid-40s. Yet she's never forgotten the intense feelings and changes of her own teenage years. Critics as well as teen readers have seen the evidence of that in her writing and have honored her novels with a number of awards, from Best Books for Young Adults to various state and National Book Award nominations.

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Novels

Amen, Moses Gardenia (1983)

The Stainless Steel Rule (1986)

Invincible Summer (1987)

Looking for Home (1989)

Across the Grain (1990)

Relative Strangers (1993)

Signs of Life (1995)

All That Glitters (1996)

Into the Wind (1996)

Song of the Sea (1996)

Weather the Storm (1996)

Bad (1998)

Love Among the Walnuts (1998)

Eight Seconds (2000)

Of Sound Mind (2001)

Once Upon a Marigold (2002)

Much Ado About Grubstake (2006)

Underground (2007)

Twice Upon a Marigold (2008)

Essays for Educators

Where Do Those Ideas Come From? (1994)

General Awards

Award for Distinguished Service, Southern California Council in Literature for Children and Young People (1987)