Theresa Tomlinson

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1991
  • Latest Book:
    April 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Forestwife Saga

1 - The Forestwife (May-1997)
2 - Child Of The May (Oct-1998)
3 - The Path of the She-Wolf (Sep-2011)

Moon Riders

1 - The Moon Riders (Nov-2006)
2 - Voyage of the Snake Lady (Dec-2007)

Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • Summer Witches

  • The Forestwife

    Forestwife Saga - 1

    Mary, 15 years old and an orphan, must flee into Sherwood Forest to avoid an arranged marriage. There her life truly begins, for she finds a community of heroic outlaws that includes a woman with seemingly magic healing powers and a young man who is ...

  • Child Of The May

    Forestwife Saga - 2

  • Ironstone Valley

  • Little Stowaway

  • The Forestwife Trilogy

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    Who will champion the poor against injustice and cruelty?When fifteen-year-old Mary flees into the forest to avoid a fearsome marriage arranged by her uncle, she little knows what challenges like in store for her as the wise and magical Green Lady of...

  • The Moon Riders

    Moon Riders - 1

    When a young Amazon woman, Myrina, becomes one of the warrior priestesses known as the Moon Riders, she is well prepared to perform their sacred dances, hunt and fight when necessary. But the Moon Riders who inhabit the plains of Troy are drawn into ...

  • Voyage of the Snake Lady

    Moon Riders - 2

    "I have seen them!" cried Cassandra. "Iphigenia! Myrina and her young daughter! They are in terrible trouble . . . taken prisoner on a boat . . . stripped of all weapons!" Since the fall of Troy, Myrina has built the Moon Riders into a strong and...

  • Wolf Girl

    Cwen, a poor weaver struggling to make a living at Whitby Abbey, is accused of possessing a valuable necklace; if found guilty she could be hanged. Wulfrun, Cwen's daughter, sets out to prove her mother's innocence. Set in turbulent Anglo-Saxon ti...



  • The Path of the She-Wolf

    Forestwife Saga - 3

    In this third and final part of the powerful Forestwife saga the already dramatic and dangerous times of medieval court have intensified. King John has been forced to sign the Magna Carta. He reneges after signing it and this leads to an angry uprisi...

  • The Cellar Lad

    Ben Sterndale's days of freedom are over. There'll be no more running wild through Ecclesall woods now that he's got a proper job at Dyson's Scythe Works. As the Cellar Lad he's at everyone's beck and call and it's hard and dangerous work. His father...

  • A Swarming of Bees

    “A herbwife on a mule may go where warriors cannot " she may see what warriors cannot see and hear what warriors cannot hear!” The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to conf...

  • The Rope Carrier

    "This little lass is strong. She will carry the ropes and walk forever." It is as well that these words, spoken by Minnie's great grandmother at her birth, prove to be prophetic, for the ropemaker's youngest daughter needs all the strength and cou...

  • The Herring Girls

    The herring girls sort and pack the catch of fish every day at Whitby and thirteen-year-old Dora has always held a romantic notion of joining them. Then a family tragedy forces Dora into the job she's secretly dreamed about and the brutal reality of ...

  • Dancing Through The Shadows

    'They tell you that most lumps are nothing.' Mum's voice wobbled. 'But mine is cancerous....oh dear. It's a bit of a shock, it really is!' And so Ellen and her family must learn with the reality of her mum's breast cancer. Ellen finds solace in her d...

  • The Tribute Bride

    A flood ruins King Alle’s kingdom. His crops are destroyed and he does not have the necessary grain to pay his yearly tribute to neighbouring war-lord, Aethelfrid. Instead he offers him his daughter, Acha, who, aged 16, must become a peace-weaver b...

  • Better than Gold

    Egfrid is the prince of Bernicia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom. When he is captured by Penda, King of Mercia during a raid, all seems lost. But though the fierce warrior Penda hates Egfrid's cowardly father, he won't kill the boy. Instead, Egfrid i...

  • The Flither Pickers and The Herring Girls

    Of THE FLITHER PICKERS - 'A gritty, touching novel of the North Yorkshire coast' the Guardian

    'A most distinguished novel which is also a convincing piece of historical reconstruction'

    Marcus Crouch - Junior Bookshelf

    Of THE HERR...

  • Queen of a Distant Hive

    When an unwelcome visitor arrives at Hild’s monastery, Fridgyth the herb-wife is forced to hold her tongue. The widow of the fierce Mercian king, who once brought death and destruction to the coastal community, is an uneasy sight for many. Although...



  • Meet Me By The Steelmen

  • Forged in Steel

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Theresa Tomlinson has published 21 books.

Theresa Tomlinson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Forged in Steel, was published in April 2020.

The first book by Theresa Tomlinson, Summer Witches, was published in April 1991.

Yes. Theresa Tomlinson has 2 series.
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