Jackie French Koller (born 1948) is an American author of picture books, chapter books, and novels for children and young adults. She lives and writes in western Massachusetts. Koller is also a painter. Her interest in art inspired her to open The Little Black Dog Gallery in Westfield, Massachusetts. Koller's young-adult novel If I Had One Wish was adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie under the title You Wish!.
Selected works Baby for Sale (Marshall Cavendish, 2002): . The Falcon If I Had One Wish Last Voyage of the Misty Day No Such Thing (Boyds Mills Press, 2012): . One Monkey Too Many A Place to Call Home The Primrose Way Someday Nothing to Fear
References
Further reading Jackie French Koller. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49352052&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Cinco D. Baby For Sale (Book). Library Talk. 2002;15(5):34. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=7695753&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Peterson L. Baby for Sale. Booklist. 2002;99(1):136. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=7387917&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site BABY FOR SALE (Book). Kirkus Reviews. 2002;70(15):1134. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=7111108&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Pierini R, Jones TE, Toth L, Charnizon M, Grabarek D, Larkins J. Baby for Sale (Book). School Library Journal. 2002;48(9):196. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=7295130&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Roback D, Brown JM, Britton J, Zaleski J. BABY FOR SALE (Book). Publishers Weekly. 2002;249(32):299. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=7186566&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Weischedel EF. If I Had One Wish… (Book). School Library Journal. 1991;37(11):120. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=11427538&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Jackie French Koller. Ladybug. 1996;6(12):34. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=9608142752&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Bousquin M. One Monkey Too Many. Horn Book Magazine. 1999;75(2):194. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=1700863&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
External links
Interview With Children's and YA Author Jackie French Koller Finding aid for the Jackie French Koller Papers at the University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections