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{{short description|American young adult fiction author}}
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'''Ann Rinaldi''' (born August 27, 1934 in [[New York City]]) is an American [[young adult fiction]] author. She is best known for her historical fiction, including ''[[In My Father's House (Ann Rinaldi novel)|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]]''.<ref name=gale/><ref name=rutgers/> She has written a total of more than forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the [[American Library Association|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 writes for the ''Dear America'' series.
'''Ann Rinaldi''' (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021) was an American [[young adult fiction]] author. She was best known for her historical fiction, including ''[[In My Father's House (Ann Rinaldi novel)|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]]''.<ref name=gale/><ref name=rutgers/> She wrote a total of more than forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the [[American Library Association|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 writes for the ''Dear America'' series.


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 [[Debut novel|first published novel]], ''Term Paper'', was written in 1979.<ref name=gale>"Ann Rinaldi" in ''[[Contemporary Authors]] Online''. Gale. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2011.</ref><ref name=rutgers>Vandergrift, Kay E. (January 17, 1999). [http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/rinaldi.html "Learning about Ann Rinaldi"]. Rutgers University. Retrieved February 22, 2011.</ref>
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 [[Debut novel|first published novel]], ''Term Paper'', was written in 1979.<ref name=gale>"Ann Rinaldi" in ''[[Contemporary Authors]] Online''. Gale. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2011.</ref><ref name=rutgers>Vandergrift, Kay E. (January 17, 1999). [http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/rinaldi.html "Learning about Ann Rinaldi"]. Rutgers University. Retrieved February 22, 2011.</ref>

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Ann Rinaldi (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021) was an American young adult fiction author. 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.[1][2] She wrote a total of 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 writes for the Dear America series.

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.[1][2]

Publications

Books

  • A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick (1991)
  • A Break with Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials (1992)
  • The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre (1993)
  • Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold (1994)
  • The Secret of Sarah Revere (1995)
  • Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (1996)
  • An Acquaintance with Darkness (1997)
  • Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South (1998)
  • The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys (1999)
  • The Staircase (2000)
  • Girl in Blue (2001), ISBN 0-439-07336-7
  • Numbering All the Bones (2002)
  • Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family (2003), ISBN 0-15-216687-4
  • An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley (2007), ISBN 0-15-205597-5
  • Come Juneteenth (2007), ISBN 0-15-205947-4
  • The Ever-After Bird (2007), ISBN 0-15-202620-7
  • Juliet's Moon. Graphia. 2010. ISBN 9780547258744. OCLC 299713030.
  • The Letter Writer (2008)

Dear America

Quilt Trilogy

Others

References

  1. ^ a b "Ann Rinaldi" in Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Vandergrift, Kay E. (January 17, 1999). "Learning about Ann Rinaldi". Rutgers University. Retrieved February 22, 2011.

External links

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