KATHLEEN ERNST

     

Kathleen is an author, educator and historian specializing in historical fiction for young people. She has an MA in History Education and Writing from Antioch University, Ohio, USA, and served as a Curator of Education with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for over a decade.

For more information about Kathleen and her work, visit her website at www.kathleenernst.com
 

Forthcoming Books:

American Girl - A Kirsten Mystery
Pleasant Company

Published Books:

American Girl - Kit Mysteries

• Midnight in Lonesome Hollow
  Pleasant Company, 2007
  
• Danger at the Zoo
  Pleasant Company, 2005
  

Hearts of Stone
Dutton, 2006

• Winner, Council of Wisconsin Writers Children's Literature Award, 2007
• Editors Choice Title, Historical Novels Review, February 2007
  Historical Novel Society

“Like an old-time ballad, Hearts of Stone transports readers into a lyrical, essential world brimming with life and spirit. It succeeds in that rarest of objectives – to both wrench and warm the heart. Highly recommended. Age 12 and up.”
     - Eileen Charbonneau, Historical Novels Review

American Girl - Josefina Mysteries

• Secrets in the Hills
  Pleasant Company, 2006
  

Highland Fling
Cricket Books, 2006

Betrayal at Cross Creek
Pleasant Company, 2004

The Ghosts of Vicksburg
White Mane Publishing, 2003

Whistler in the Dark
Pleasant Company, 2002

• Agatha Award nominee, Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery
  Malice Domestic, 2003

Trouble at Fort La Pointe
White Mane Publishing, 2000

• Edgar Award nominee, Best Children's Mystery,
  Mystery Writers of America, 2001

Retreat from Gettysburg
White Mane Publishing, 2000.

• Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Book Award,
  Council of Wisconsin Writers, 2001

Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign,
Stackpole Books, 1999

• Alternate Selection, History Book Club, 1999

The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg
White Mane Publishing, 1997

The Night Riders of Harpers Ferry
White Mane Publishing, 1996

• Books for the Teen Age list, New York Public Library, 1998