Kristiana Gregory
Encyclopedia
Kristiana Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction
, including several for the Dear America
and Royal Diaries series. She currently resides in Boise, Idaho
.
Her book Jenny of the Tetons won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction and her Dear America
diary Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild was named Best Book of the Year by Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. A book written for the Royal Diaries series, Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile, was made into an HBO Family Channel movie.
Gregory has written the following books:
Historical fiction
Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...
, including several for the Dear America
Dear America
Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
and Royal Diaries series. She currently resides in Boise, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
.
Her book Jenny of the Tetons won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction and her Dear America
Dear America
Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
diary Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild was named Best Book of the Year by Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. A book written for the Royal Diaries series, Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile, was made into an HBO Family Channel movie.
Gregory has written the following books:
- Jenny of the Tetons (1989)
- Legend of Jimmy Spoon, the (1990)
- Earthquake at Dawn (1992)
- Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express (1994)
- Stowaway, the: A Tale of California Pirates (1995)
- Winter of Red Snow, the: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (1996)
- Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (1997)
- Orphan Runaways (1998)
- Great Railroad Race, the: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 (1999)
- Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (1999)
- Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book One (2000)
- Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 (2001)
- Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 (2002)
- We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two (2002)
- Journey of Faith, a (2003)
- Grateful Harvest, a (2003)
External links
- http://www.kgregorybooks.com/ author's website