Ann Rinaldi

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Ann Rinaldi
Born(1934-08-27)August 27, 1934
Young adult fiction

Ann Rinaldi (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021)

young adult fiction author.[2] She was best known for her historical fiction, including In My Father's House, The Last Silk Dress, An Acquaintance with Darkness, A Break with Charity, Numbering All The Bones and Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons.[3][4] She wrote more than forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears was listed as one of the best novels of the preceding twenty-five years, and later of the last one hundred years. She also wrote for the Dear America series.[5]

Her career, prior to being an author, was a newspaper columnist. She continued the column, called "The Trentonian", through much of her writing career. Her first published novel, Term Paper, was written in 1979.[3][4]

Publications

Books

Dear America

Quilt Trilogy

Others

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Ann Rinaldi" - Shannon Maughan. July 15, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Maughan |, Shannon. "Obituary: Ann Rinaldi". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  3. ^ a b "Ann Rinaldi" in Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Vandergrift, Kay E. (January 17, 1999). "Learning about Ann Rinaldi". Rutgers University. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Kelly, Katie (2023-01-04). "Reading with a Critical Lens: Revisiting the "Dear America" series". BookBuzz with Lester Laminack and Katie Kelly. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

External links

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