I wanted sanity after my crazy upbringing.' After marrying, Ann left the business world and, after having two children, decided she wanted to be a novelist She explains, 'Ron was middle-class and sane. Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, the: A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 (2000).My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 (1999).Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons (1996).These are some of the books that she has published over her years Promises Are For Keeping (1982) But In the Fall I'm Leaving (1985) Time Enough For Drums (1986) Good Side of My Heart, the (1987) Last Silk Dress, the (1988) Wolf By the Ears (1991) Ride Into Morning, a (1991) Break With Charity, a (1992) In My Father's House (1993) The conflicts which her protagonists face reflect concerns common to young adults, past and present. She spends a great deal of time researching the historical periods in which her novels take place to insure the accuracy of the settings and draws from her own life experiences to develop the realism of her characters. Writing historical fiction has since then become a passion for Ann Rinaldi. Ann first became interested in studying American history when her son became active in Revolutionary War re-enactments when he was in high school.

Instead, she became a secretary, but left that profession in 1960 when she married Rex Rinaldi.Īnn Rinaldi is an award winning author, most known for her historical fiction, has authored over a dozen young adult novels. Her family discouraged her to follow her dreams so she was not permitted to attend college after she was finished with high school. After a brief period of living with them, she went to live with her father, other siblings, and a stepmother.

She had to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins.

Ann’s mother died soon after she was born.

Mutiny's Daughter by Ann Rinaldi