Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Beauty in the Broken Places |
2018 |
Buy |
Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Nelly Takes New York |
2019 |
Buy |
| Poppy Takes Paris |
2020 |
Buy |
Sisi Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sisi. Cesarzowa mimo woli |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Accidental Empress |
2015 |
Buy |
| Sisi |
2016 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Traitor’s Wife |
2014 |
Buy |
| Where the Light Falls |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Queen’s Fortune |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post |
2022 |
Buy |
| Finding Margaret Fuller |
2024 |
Buy |
| It Girl |
2026 |
Buy |
Allison Pataki grew up in New York and is the daughter of former New York Governor George Pataki. Her family’s roots in Austria-Hungary drew her toward the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the subject of her two-book Sisi series. The Accidental Empress (2015) follows the teenage Sisi’s unexpected marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph, and Sisi: Empress on Her Own (2016) covers her later life.
Her standalone novels move across American history and 19th-century Europe, from the Gilded Age biography of cereal heiress Marjorie Post in The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post to the abolitionist journalist Margaret Fuller in Finding Margaret Fuller. She also writes picture books with her mother, focusing on adventurous girls visiting great cities.
Pataki is a multiple New York Times bestseller and has spoken widely about her research process and her interest in women whose stories have been overshadowed in conventional historical accounts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Allison Pataki written?
Allison Pataki has written twelve books across four series.
What was Allison Pataki's first book?
Allison Pataki’s first book is The Traitor’s Wife, published in 2014.
What historical periods does Allison Pataki write about?
Pataki’s novels range across several periods and locations: 19th-century Austria-Hungary (the Sisi series), Revolutionary and Napoleonic-era Europe (The Queen’s Fortune), 19th-century America (Finding Margaret Fuller, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post), and the Civil War era (The Traitor’s Wife, Where the Light Falls).