Thomasina Tissue

Award-winning author, Thomasina Tissue grew up in Setauket, Long Island. Captured in her heart at a young age, her stories are woven from a tapestry of a time spent long ago in the salty ocean air, walking along beaches, laughing with friends, and mixing her wild imagination with regular and not-so-regular things that happened to her. And there, her stories bided their time for over forty years. After leaving Long Island, she grew up, married, and became a teacher of reading and writing, all the while continuing to feel the longing to write her own stories.

When she retired from teaching, her husband asked her if she would like a special gift. She fluttered her eyelashes at him and said, “I’d love a laptop.” Thinking this was a slightly strange request, he asked, “Whatever for?” She responded, “I have stories that need to come out!” Three months later, she had completed the first draft of The Water’s Edge, her first middle-grade fiction work. The original Setalcott people of the Setauket area inspired Water’s Edge. The Water's Edge received a five-star review by Readers' Favorite, in all categories. Her second middle-grade fiction work, Boy Patriot, received a Kid’s Choice Kid’s Literature Writing Contest Honorable Mention for 2023. Look for Boy Patriot coming in 2025.

Thomasina is a proud member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Long Island Authors. Besides writing, Thomasina’s favorite things to do are yoga, traveling the world when she can afford it, pretending she is fluent in Spanish, and loving on her sweet daughter Emma and husband, Dan, and not all in that order.