Kristiana Gregory

Kristiana Gregory, known also by her given name Lynn Christine (b. 1951 in Los Angeles, California to Harold D. Gregory and Virginia Jean Kern Gregory with two younger siblings Robert and Janett), 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 and is married to Kip Rutty with two grown sons- Gregory and Cody.^[1][2]

Her book Jenny of the Tetons won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction^[3] 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.^[4] A book written for The Royal Diaries series, Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile, was made into an HBO Family Channel movie.^[5]

Novels

• 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)
• Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 (2005)

References

External links

• Official website
• Kristiana Gregory at Library of Congress Authorities, with 27 catalog records