Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) is an American children's author. Gregory grew up in a small town by the sea near Los Angeles with her parents and two younger siblings. Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the

Dear America ''Dear America'' is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, ''Hear M ...

and

Royal Diaries ''The Royal Diaries'' is a series of 20 books published by Scholastic Press from 1999 to 2005. In each of the books, a fictional diary of a real female figure of royalty as a child throughout world history was written by the author. ''The Royal Diar ...

series. She lives in

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with her husband near her grown children. Her book ''Jenny of the Tetons'' won the

Golden Kite Award The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing ...

for Fiction and her

diary ''Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild'' was named Best Book of the Year by Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Two books were made into films. The first was Winter of Red Snow Dear America Journals and the second was originally written for

The Royal Diaries ''The Royal Diaries'' is a series of 20 books published by Scholastic Press from 1999 to 2005. In each of the books, a fictional diary of a real female figure of royalty as a child throughout world history was written by the author. ''The Royal Diar ...

series, ''Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile'', was made into an HBO Family Channel movie.

Novels

* Jenny of the Tetons (1989) * The Legend of Jimmy Spoon (1990) * Earthquake at Dawn (1992) * Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express (1994) * The Stowaway: A Tale of California Pirates (1995) * The Winter of Red Snow: 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) * The Great Railroad Race: 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) * Prairie River #1: Journey of Faith, A (2003) * Prairie River #2: Grateful Harvest, A (2003) * Prairie River #3: Winter Tidings (2004) * Prairie River #4: Hope Springs Eternal (2005) * Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 (2005) * The Legend Of Skull Cliff

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Kristiana 1951 births 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American children's writers American historical novelists Living people Date of birth missing (living people) American women novelists Women historical novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers