Kristiana Gregory books

Kristiana Gregory is an American author of children's historical fiction, known for her contributions to the Dear America and Royal Diaries series.
Author · Historical Fiction · Children's · Young Adult

Cabin Creek Mysteries Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Secret of Robber’s Cave 2008 Buy
The Clue at the Bottom of the Lake 2008 Buy
The Legend of Skull Cliff 2008 Buy
The Haunting of Hillside School 2008 Buy
The Blizzard on Blue Mountain 2009 Buy
The Secret of the Junkyard Shadow 2009 Buy
The Phantom of Hidden Horse Ranch 2013 Buy
The Case of the Spying Drone 2016 Buy
Danger on Lost Island 2017 Buy
The Shadow at Shark Cove 2019 Buy

Dear America Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 1996 Buy
Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart 1996 Buy
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 1996 Buy
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia ~ 1859 1997 N/A
A Picture Of Freedom 1997 Buy
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell ~ 1847 1997 N/A
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 2003 Buy
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 1997 Buy
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi 1998 Buy
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 1998 Buy
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 1998 Buy
Stationery Pack 1998 Buy
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 1998 Buy
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence 1998 Buy
My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 1999 N/A
My Heart is on the Ground 1999 Buy
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 1999 Buy
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin 1999 Buy
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 1999 Buy
A Coal Miner’s Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 2000 Buy
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North 2000 Buy
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 2000 Buy
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 2000 Buy
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, 2001 Buy
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 2001 Buy
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 2001 Buy
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 1998 Buy
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 2001 Buy
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck 2002 Buy
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts ~ 1968 2002 N/A
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 2002 Buy
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 2002 Buy
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? 2002 Buy
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 2002 Buy
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer 2002 Buy
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota 2003 Buy
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson 2003 Buy
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts ~ 1774 2003 N/A
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail ~ 1848 2003 N/A
All the Stars in the Sky 2003 Buy
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 2004 Buy
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 2004 Buy
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 2004 Buy
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 2010 Buy
Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine ~ 1918 2011 N/A
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania ~ 1779 2011 N/A
Like the Willow Tree 2011 Buy
Cannons at Dawn 2011 Buy
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 2011 Buy
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 2012 Buy
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 2013 Buy
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose 2013 Buy
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois ~ 1871 2013 N/A

Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Five Smooth Stones 2001 Buy
Five Smooth Stones : Hope’s Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ 1776 2001 N/A
My America 2002 Buy
We Are Patriots: Hope’s Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ 1776 2002 N/A
When Freedom Comes 2004 Buy
When Freedom Comes: Hope’s Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ 1776 2004 N/A

Legend of Jimmy Spoon Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon 1990 Buy
Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express 1994 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Longhand 2015 Buy

Prairie River Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Journey of Faith 2019 Buy
A Grateful Harvest 2019 Buy
Winter Tidings 2019 Buy
Hope Springs Eternal 2019 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Madame Mustache and the Boys of Bodie 2015 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Jenny of the Tetons 1989 Buy
Earthquake at Dawn 1992 Buy
The Stowaway 1995 Buy
Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie 1997 Buy
Orphan Runaways 1998 Buy
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 1999 Buy
Bronte’s Book Club 2008 Buy
My Darlin’ Clementine 2009 Buy
Cleopatra 2010 Buy
Stalked 2011 Buy

The Royal Diaries Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mary, Queen of Scots 1994 Buy
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor 1999 Buy
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile 1999 Buy
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain ~ 1466 2000 N/A
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla 2000 Buy
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France ~ 1769 2000 N/A
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia ~ 1914 2000 N/A
Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles 2000 Buy
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess 2000 Buy
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa ~ 1595 2000 N/A
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets 2001 Buy
Kaiulani: The People’s Princess, Hawaii ~ 1889 2002 N/A
Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South 2001 Buy
Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China ~ A.D. 531 2001 N/A
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia 2001 Buy
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France ~ 1553 2002 N/A
Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars 2002 Buy
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India ~ 1627 2002 N/A
Kaiulani 2002 Buy
Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine 2002 Buy
Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses 2002 Buy
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride 2003 Buy
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary ~ 1853 2003 N/A
Kristina: The Girl King 2003 Buy
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden ~ 1638 2003 N/A
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island ~ 1653 2001 N/A
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba 2003 Buy
Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal 2004 Buy
Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica ~ A.D. 749 2004 N/A
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven 2004 Buy
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan ~ 1858 2004 N/A
Anacaona: Golden Flower 2005 Buy
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti ~ 1490 2005 N/A
Catherine, The Great Journey 2006 Buy

Kristiana Gregory has written more than 120 books, primarily historical fiction for young readers. She is one of the most prolific contributors to both the Dear America series, which presents historical events through fictional girls’ diaries, and The Royal Diaries, which imagines the girlhood journals of famous queens and princesses. Her work spans American history from the colonial era through the twentieth century.

Beyond these shared series, Gregory has also written the Cabin Creek Mysteries, a middle-grade mystery series, and the Prairie River books about a girl on the frontier. Her standalone novels include Earthquake at Dawn and Jenny of the Tetons, both of which draw on real historical events. She has been writing for young readers since 1989.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Kristiana Gregory written?

Kristiana Gregory has written 121 books across nine series.

What was Kristiana Gregory's first book?

Kristiana Gregory’s first book is Jenny of the Tetons, published in 1989.

What is Kristiana Gregory best known for?

Kristiana Gregory is best known for her contributions to the Dear America and Royal Diaries series, which together account for the majority of her published work. She has also written the Cabin Creek Mysteries for middle-grade readers and the Prairie River series.

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