Folios, Alison. Review of Playing for Keeps.

School Library Journal, vol. 47 0uly 2001): 112. Folios declares, "This is not a challenging mystery," but praises Nixon for her depiction of familial relationships and respect between women of different generations.

"Joan Lowery Nixon." In Something about the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 9.

Detroit: Gale, 1990. Nixon describes how her childhood and college experiences shaped her writing habits and style.

Lystad, Mary. "Nixon, Joan Lowery." In Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers.

Edited by Laura Standley Berger. Detroit: Gale, 1994, pp. 488-490. This is a biographical sketch with discussion of books Nixon had written by the early 1990s.

York, Sherry. Review of Playing for Keeps.

Voice of Youth Advocates, vol. 24 (August 2001): 205-206. York recommends this novel, noting characters could be more fully developed, and praises Nixon's skills at presenting clues and revealing Rosie's maturation as she comprehends the relationships between her mother, grandmother, and...