Kathleen Ernst è una pluripremiata autrice americana, nota principalmente per i suoi romanzi di fiction storica e mistero. Nata in Pennsylvania, è cresciuta in Maryland, circondata da libri, con una madre bibliotecaria e un padre appassionato lettore. La passione per la scrittura di Ernst è iniziata in tenera età, completando il suo primo romanzo all'età di 15 anni, sebbene non abbia ottenuto un contratto editoriale fino a due decenni dopo. Ha frequentato l'Università della Virginia Occidentale, laureandosi in Scienze Forestali, ma ha anche seguito molte lezioni di scrittura creativa e storia. Ernst ha iniziato la sua carriera di scrittrice producendo video didattici per la televisione pubblica e scrivendo romanzi per American Girl nel suo tempo libero.
Prima di diventare un'autrice a tempo pieno, Ernst ha lavorato come curatrice, storica ed educatrice. Ha conseguito una Laurea Magistrale in Storia dell'Educazione e Scrittura presso l'Università di Antiochia. Il suo programma autogestito si è concentrato su metodi non tradizionali di insegnamento e apprendimento della storia, con una particolare attenzione alla fiction storica. Il suo percorso come scrittrice è stato contrassegnato da numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui due premi alla carriera per la scrittura, un Emmy per la televisione educativa e nomination per i premi Edgar Allan Poe e Agatha Christie per i misteri.
Ernst è una scrittrice prolifica, avendo pubblicato quasi 1,8 milioni di copie audio, ebook e cartacee dei suoi quaranta libri pubblicati. Alcuni dei suoi lavori più notevoli includono la serie Chloe Ellefson Mysteries e la serie American Girls: Caroline. A lei piace viaggiare, cucinare, lavori manuali, sperimentare nuove abilità e leggere. Ernst attualmente vive in Wisconsin con il marito, Scott. Mantiene un sito web esteso, una pagina di Facebook per autori e un blog dove condivide le sue esperienze, la ricerca e l'amore per la scrittura.
Chloe Ellefson Books
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Old World Murder
2010
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The Heirloom Murders
2011
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The Light Keeper's Legacy
2012
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Heritage of Darkness
2013
5
Tradition of Deceit
2014
6
Death on the Prairie
2015
7
A Memory of Muskets
2016
8
Mining for Justice
2017
9
The Lacemaker's Secret
2018
10
Fiddling with Fate
2019
11
The Weaver's Revenge
2021
Hanneke Bauer Books
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Lies of Omission
2021
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The Solace of Stars
2023
3
A Most Perilous Journey
2024
White Mane Kids Books
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The Night Riders of Harpers Ferry
1996
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The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg
1997
3
Retreat from Gettysburg
2000
4
Ghosts of Vicksburg
2003
American Girls: Caroline Books
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Meet Caroline
2012
2
Caroline's Secret Message
2012
3
A Surprise for Caroline
2012
4
Caroline Takes a Chance
2012
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Caroline's Battle
2012
6
Changes for Caroline
2012
7
Traitor in the Shipyard
2013
8
Catch the Wind
2014
9
The Smuggler's Secrets
2015
American Girl: History Mysteries Books
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1
Hoofbeats of Danger (By: Holly Hughes)
1999
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Hoofbeats of Danger
1999
3
Trouble at Fort Lapointe
1999
4
The Night Flyers
1999
5
The Night Flyers (By: Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
1999
6
Secrets on 26th Street
1999
7
Secrets on 26th Street (By: Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
1999
8
The Smuggler's Treasure (By: Sarah Masters Buckey)
1999
9
The Smuggler's Treasure
1999
10
Voices at Whisper Bend (By: Katherine Ayres)
1999
11
Voices at Whisper Bend
1999
12
Mystery of the Dark Tower
2000
13
Mystery of the Dark Tower (By: Evelyn Coleman)
2000
14
Watcher in the Piney Woods (By: Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
2000
15
Watcher in the Piney Woods
2000
16
Shadows in the Glasshouse ( By: Megan McDonald)
2000
17
Shadows in the Glasshouse
2000
18
Under Copp's Hill
2000
19
Under Copp's Hill (By: Katherine Ayres)
2000
20
The Minstrel's Melody
2001
21
The Minstrel's Melody (By: Eleanora E. Tate)
2001
22
Enemy in the Fort
2001
23
Enemy in the Fort (By: Sarah Masters Buckey)
2001
24
Circle of Fire
2001
25
Circle of Fire (By: Evelyn Coleman)
2001
26
Mystery on Skull Island (By: Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
2001
27
Mystery on Skull Island
2001
28
Riddle of the Prairie Bride (By: Kathryn Reiss)
2001
29
Riddle of the Prairie Bride
2001
30
Whistler in the Dark
2002
31
Mystery at Chilkoot Pass (By: Barbara Steiner)
2002
32
Mystery at Chilkoot Pass
2002
33
The Strange Case of Baby H (By: Kathryn Reiss)
2002
34
The Strange Case of Baby H
2002
35
Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic
2003
36
Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic (By: Sarah Masters Buckey)
2003
37
Danger at the Wild West Show (By: Alison Hart)
2003
38
Danger at the Wild West Show
2003
39
Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal
2003
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Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal (By: Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
2003
41
Betrayal at Cross Creek
2004
Romanzi singoli
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Highland Fling
2006
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Hearts of Stone
2006
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Between These Rivers
2025
Libri di non-fiction
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Too Afraid to Cry
1999
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A Settler's Year: Pioneer Life Through the Seasons
2015
American Girl: Felicity Books
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1
Meet Felicity
1991
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Meet Felicity (By: Dan Andreasen, Valerie Tripp, Luann Roberts)
1991
3
Felicity's Surprise (By: Valerie Tripp)
1991
4
Felicity's Surprise
1991
5
Felicity Learns a Lesson (By: Dan Andreasen, Valerie Tripp)
1991
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Felicity Learns a Lesson
1991
7
Felicity Saves the Day: A Summer Story
1992
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Felicity Saves the Day: A Summer Story (By: Valerie Tripp)
1992
9
Changes for Felicity
1992
10
Changes for Felicity (By: Valerie Tripp)
1992
11
Happy Birthday, Felicity! A Springtime Story (By: Valerie Tripp)
1992
12
Happy Birthday, Felicity! A Springtime Story
1992
13
Felicity's New Sister
1999
14
Felicity's New Sister (By: Valerie Tripp)
1999
15
Felicity's Dancing Shoes (By: Susan McAliley, Dan Andreasen, Valerie Tripp)
2000
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Felicity's Dancing Shoes
2000
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Felicity Takes a Dare (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
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Felicity Takes a Dare
2001
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Felicity Discovers a Secret
2002
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Felicity Discovers a Secret (By: Valerie Tripp)
2002
21
Felicity's Short Story Collection (By: Dan Andreasen, Valerie Tripp, Philip Hood)
2002
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Felicity's Short Story Collection
2002
23
Gunpowder and Tea Cakes
2017
24
Love and Loyalty (By: Valerie Tripp, Juliana Kolesova)
2017
25
Love and Loyalty
2017
26
A Stand for Independence
2017
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A Stand for Independence (By: Valerie Tripp)
2017
American Girl: Kirsten Books (with Renée Graef, with Jodi Evert, with Janet Shaw)
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Kirsten's Cookbook
1994
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Kirsten's Cookbook (By: Jodi Evert)
1994
3
The Runaway Friend: A Kirsten Mystery
2008
4
Meet Kirsten (By: Renée Graef, Janet Shaw)
2012
5
Meet Kirsten
2012
6
Kirsten Learns a Lesson
2012
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Kirsten Learns a Lesson (By: Janet Shaw)
2012
8
Kirsten's Surprise
2012
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Kirsten's Surprise (By: Janet Shaw)
2012
10
Happy Birthday, Kirsten!
2012
11
Happy Birthday, Kirsten! (By: Janet Shaw)
2012
12
Kirsten Saves the Day
2012
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Kirsten Saves the Day (By: Janet Shaw)
2012
14
Changes for Kirsten (By: Janet Shaw)
2012
15
Changes for Kirsten
2012
American Girl: Josefina Books
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Meet Josefina (By: Valerie Tripp)
1997
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Meet Josefina
1997
3
Josefina's Surprise
1997
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Josefina's Surprise (By: Valerie Tripp)
1997
5
Josefina Learns a Lesson
1997
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Josefina Learns a Lesson (By: Susan McAliley, Valerie Tripp)
1997
7
Changes for Josefina
1998
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Changes for Josefina (By: Valerie Tripp)
1998
9
Josefina Saves the Day (By: Valerie Tripp)
1998
10
Josefina Saves the Day
1998
11
Happy Birthday, Josefina! (By: Susan McAliley, Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles)
1998
12
Happy Birthday, Josefina!
1998
13
Josefinas Craftbook
1998
14
Josefinas Craftbook (By: Valerie Tripp)
1998
15
Josefina's Cookbook
1998
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Josefina's Cookbook (By: Valerie Tripp, American Girl, Tamara England)
1998
17
A Reward for Josefina
1999
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A Reward for Josefina (By: Susan McAliley, Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles)
1999
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Again, Josefina!
2000
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Again, Josefina! (By: Valerie Tripp)
2000
21
Josefina's Song (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
22
Josefina's Song
2001
23
Just Josefina
2002
24
Just Josefina (By: Susan McAliley, Valerie Tripp)
2002
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Thanks to Josefina (By: Valerie Tripp)
2003
26
Thanks to Josefina
2003
27
Secrets in the Hills
2006
28
Josefina's Short Story Collection (By: Valerie Tripp)
2006
29
Josefina's Short Story Collection
2006
30
The Glowing Heart
2016
31
Song of the Mockingbird: My Journey with Josefina (By: Emma Carlson Berne)
2015
32
The Glowing Heart (By: Valerie Tripp, Juliana Kolesova)
2016
American Girl: Kit Books
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Meet Kit (By: Valerie Tripp)
2000
2
Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934
2000
3
Kit's Surprise (By: Valerie Tripp)
2000
4
Kit's Surprise
2000
5
Kit Learns a Lesson (By: Valerie Tripp)
2000
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Kit Learns a Lesson
2000
7
Happy Birthday, Kit (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
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Happy Birthday, Kit
2001
9
Changes for Kit (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
10
Changes for Kit
2001
11
Kit Saves the Day
2001
12
Kit Saves the Day (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
13
Danger at the Zoo: Mystery
2005
14
Danger at the Zoo
2005
15
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow: Mystery
2007
16
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow
2007
17
Really Truly Ruthie
2007
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Really Truly Ruthie (By: Valerie Tripp)
2007
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A Thief in the Theater: Mystery
2008
20
A Thief in the Theater (By: Sarah Masters Buckey)
2008
21
Intruders at Rivermead Manor (By: Kathryn Reiss)
2014
22
Intruders at Rivermead Manor: Mystery
2014
23
Full Speed Ahead (By: Valerie Tripp)
2014
24
Full Speed Ahead
2014
25
The Jazzman's Trumpet: Mystery
2015
26
The Jazzman's Trumpet (By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel)
2015
American Girl: Molly Books
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Molly Learns a Lesson
1986
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Molly Learns a Lesson (By: Valerie Tripp)
1986
3
Molly's Surprise (By: Valerie Tripp)
1986
4
Molly's Surprise
1986
5
Meet Molly
1986
6
Meet Molly (By: Valerie Tripp)
1986
7
Happy Birthday, Molly
1987
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Happy Birthday, Molly (By: Valerie Tripp)
1987
9
Molly Saves the Day
1988
10
Molly Saves the Day (By: Valerie Tripp)
1988
11
Changes for Molly (By: Valerie Tripp)
1988
12
Changes for Molly
1988
13
Molly Takes Flight (By: Valerie Tripp)
1999
14
Molly Takes Flight
1999
15
Molly and the Movie Star (By: Valerie Tripp)
2000
16
Molly and the Movie Star
2000
17
Molly Marches On
2001
18
Molly Marches On (By: Valerie Tripp)
2001
19
Molly's Route 66 Adventure
2002
20
Molly's Route 66 Adventure (By: Dottie Raymer)
2002
21
A Spy on the Home Front (By: Alison Hart)
2005
22
A Spy on the Home Front
2005
23
Brave Emily (By: Valerie Tripp)
2006
24
Brave Emily
2006
25
The Light in the Cellar (By: Sarah Masters Buckey)
2007
26
Chances and Changes
2018
27
Clues in the Shadows
2009
28
Chances and Changes (By: Valerie Tripp, Juliana Kolesova)