Author: Kristina

I’m delighted to report that my third novel, A MILLION TIMES GOODNIGHT, will be releasing in Italy with Newton Compton Editori in January of 2019. Here’s the new cover design! Bellissimo!

I had a blast with Mindee Arnett, Lorie Langdon, and Natalie Richards in Columbus, Ohio this weekend, where we met up for a panel and signing hosted by the gorgeous Cover to Cover Books. Check out the highlights below, including a video link!     Cover to Cover – Highlights Video That’s right. A highlights…

I’m so pleased to share the link for a novel one of my editorial clients recently published. I worked with John on several drafts, and couldn’t be happier to see MISTY CREEK in print. This historical story follows a heart-broken Elizabeth Beck as she travels across the countryside, settling in a little town called Misty Creek, where she…

A while back, I spent a semester as a Writer-In-Residence at Irmo High School in Irmo, South Carolina, which is a school of the arts, just brimming with talented young adults. I worked with roughly 250 students on a publication project. The idea was simple and beautiful: Each student would write and submit one short…

My fourth novel, THE BAKERSVILLE DOZEN, hit shelves on August 8th. It was an exciting day, but also difficult, as this would be the first release I’d celebrate without my father by my side. The first of my novels that he would never have the chance to read. (See the post from August 1 for…

On December 9th of 2016, I lost my father. It was fast. And brutal. We thought he had an ear infection. But it was cancer, so far advanced, it had reached his brain, spinal fluid, bones, and lymph nodes. He passed a mere 12 days after diagnosis. (12 days. It still doesn’t seem real.)   Dad’s house…

When I write a book, I always have cover design ideas lingering in the back of my mind. But the story takes precedence. Always. So those cover thoughts flicker in and out as plot lines are tweaked and character motivation is deepened, all through revisions and beyond, until that magical day when I open my Inbox and find…

Are you, or do you know, a Young Writer in the greater Dayton, Ohio area who is 15-18?   The Young Writers’ program at the 32nd Annual Summer Workshop (July 8-14) would be the perfect fit! The program is held at University of Dayton in Dayton, Oho. This opportunity is open to Young Writers who…

Here’s a little something I wish we could all commit to, right here, right now, no matter how we feel about the outcome of this election. My first peaceful action will be to close out the internet and take a walk outside. When I pay attention, there is such beauty. Life is filled with grace,…

On October 24, Thurber House hosted an event featuring Jodi Picoult. She didn’t want to be interviewed. Rather, she requested to have a conversation with a local author. (How cool is she?!) Thurber House made the perfect choice, inviting Katrina Kittle to sit alongside Jodi onstage. Guests flooded the King Art Complex in Columbus, Ohio, learning what it…