Jean Mills 

Jean Millsgrew up in Toronto and went to Queen’s University and earned two degrees in English (BA, MA), with a specialization in Medieval and Old Norse literature. Her first job was writing promotional blurbs for CTV Television and while there, started to focus on writing stories for children. She is the author of Skating on Thin Ice, Larkin on the Shore and The Legend. Jean lives in Guelph, Ontario. 


Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting
By Jean Mills
Published by Red Deer Press Inc (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)

Bliss Adair, 16, ace knitter and math wiz, discovers that some secrets are meant to share while others are not. Her involvement in the dilemmas of friends is well intentioned – but is that enough? And does the first rule of knitting - don’t look too far ahead – always apply to life? 

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