Theresa Tomlinson
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Biography
As a child, she lived in Cleveland and North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
where her father was a vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
, but had little interest in writing stories. It was only as she began to tell stories to her three children that she began to enjoy writing. She especially likes writing historical fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...
. She now lives in Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
with her husband.
Against the Tide trilogy
- The Flither Pickers (1987)
- The Herring Girls (1994)
- Beneath Burning Mountain (2001)
Forestwife trilogy
- The Forestwife (1993)
- Child of the May (1998)
- The Path of the She Wolf (2000)
Time Slip adventures
- Meet Me by the Steelmen (1997)
- The Night of the Red Devil (2000)
- Errand Lass (2003)
- Scavenger Boy (2003)
- Blitz Baby (2004)
Troy and the Warrior Women series
- The Moon RidersThe Moon RidersThe Moon Riders is a young adult historical novel by Theresa Tomlinson, first published in 2002. There is also a second book in this series called The Voyage of the Snake Lady.- Plot introduction :...
(2002) - The Voyage of the Snake LadyThe Voyage of the Snake LadyThe Voyage of the Snake Lady is a teenage/young adult novel by the British author Theresa Tomlinson first published in 2007. It is the follow-up to the novel The Moon Riders....
(2004)
Novels
- Water Cat (1988)
- The Secret Place (1990)
- Riding the Waves (1990)
- Summer Witches (1991)
- The Rope Carrier (1991)
- The Cellar Lad (1995)
- Haunted House Blues (1996)
- Dancing Through the Shadows (1997)
- The Little Stowaway (1997)
- Ironstone Valley (1998)
- Lifeboat That Went by Land (1999)
- The Voyage of the Silver Bream (2001)
- Wolf Girl (2006)