Kristiana Gregory (b. 1951 in Los Angeles, California) 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.
Her book
Jenny of the Tetons won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction 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. A book written for the Royal Diaries series,
Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile, was made into an HBO Family Channel movie.
Gregory has written the following books:
* 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)