
Kathryn Lasky is the American author of many critically acclaimed books, including several Dear America books, several Royal Diaries books, 1984 Newbery Honor winning Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. She was born June 24, 1944, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Massachusetts. Book 15, The War of the Ember, is currently the last book in the Ga'Hoole series. The Rise of a Legend is the 16th book but is a prequel to the series. Lasky has also written Guide Book To The Great Tree and Lost Tales Of Ga'Hoole which are companion books.

The Making of Mark Twain
1998

The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
1996

2025

The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917
2002

1993

The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
2003

1998

Sofia's Immigrant Diary
2004

2010

2003

1994

1983

2004

The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum
2001

2006

2005

2007

The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
2001

2005

1900

1991
2014

The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
1998

Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
1999

2008

2021

2010

2000

1991

2011

A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe
2005

A Cinderella Tale
2024

1997

Books 1-4
2003

2009

The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian
2010

The Man, The Myth, The Hero
1997

Sofia's Immigrant Diary
2003

Sofia's Immigrant Diary
2003

2004

1992

Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
2001

Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
2002

America's First Environmentalist
2006

Prisoner of Heaven, Japan 1858
2004

The Owls of Ga'hoole
2004

2022

2010

2003

2003