Patrick E. Craig books

Patrick E. Craig is an Amazon bestselling author of Amish fiction, YA mysteries, historical fiction, and westerns, known for the Apple Creek Dreams and Paradise Chronicles series.

Apple Creek Dreams Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Quilt for Jenna 2013 Buy
The Road Home 2013 Buy
Jenny’s Choice 2014 Buy

Collections

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Say Goodbye To The River 2020 Buy
Beyond the Red Hills: Three American Families —1945-1968 2021 Buy

Islands Reading Order

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Far On The Ringing Plains 2020 Buy
The Scepter and The Isle 2021 Buy
Men Who Strove With Gods 2022 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

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The Gettysburg Letter 2021 Buy

Standalone Novels

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When The Hummingbirds Danced In A Honeysuckle Sky 2025 Buy
An Amish Christmas Blessing 2025 Buy

Storm Riders Reading Order

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The Drive 2022 Buy
The Honor Trail 2024 Buy

The Adventures of Punkin and Boo Reading Order

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The Mystery of Ghost Dancer Ranch 2008 Buy
The Lost Coast 2011 Buy

The Paradise Chronicles Reading Order

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The Amish Heiress 2015 Buy
The Amish Princess 2016 Buy
The Mennonite Queen 2019 Buy

The Porch Swing Mysteries Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Quilt That Knew 2022 Buy
The Boy In Blue Denim 2023 Buy
3 X 3 2024 Buy

Patrick E. Craig is a lifelong writer and musician who left a performance career in 1986 to become a pastor. After years of teaching and speaking at churches on the West Coast, he retired in 2007 to focus on fiction writing. He has been published by Harvest House Publishers, Harlequin Books, and Elk Lake Publishers, as well as his own imprints, P&J Publishing and Islands Publishing.

Craig is best known for his Amish fiction, starting with the Apple Creek Dreams trilogy published by Harvest House. He followed that with The Paradise Chronicles, another Amish series, and later The Porch Swing Mysteries, which features Jenny Hershberger as an “Amish Miss Marple” solving crimes in Paradise, Pennsylvania. Beyond Amish fiction, Craig has written YA mystery adventures (The Adventures of Punkin and Boo), historical fiction with Murray Pura (the Islands series), and westerns (Storm Riders). His work has received multiple Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Patrick E. Craig written?

Patrick E. Craig has written 21 books across nine series.

What was Patrick E. Craig's first book?

Patrick E. Craig’s first book is The Mystery of Ghost Dancer Ranch, published in 2008.

What genres does Patrick E. Craig write in?

Craig writes primarily in Amish fiction and Christian fiction, but his catalog also includes young adult mysteries (The Adventures of Punkin and Boo), historical fiction (the Islands series with Murray Pura), westerns (Storm Riders), and cozy mysteries (The Porch Swing Mysteries).

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