Stephanie Grace Whitson

Stephanie Grace Whitson is an American writer of historical fiction. A native of southern Illinois, she has lived in Nebraska since 1975. She began writing after teaching her four homeschooled children Nebraska history and being inspired by the lives of pioneer women in the West.

Since her first novel, Walks the Fire, was published in 1995, her fiction has appeared on the ECPA bestseller list numerous times and been named a finalist for the Christy Award and the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award; a title in her Quilt Chronicles series won the 2012 Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Inspirational Romance from RT Book Reviews.