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......
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