Ann Rinaldi is an American young-adult fiction author. She is best known for her historical fiction, including In My Father's House, The Last Silk Dress, An Acquaintance with Darkness

An Acquaintance with Darkness

An Acquaintance with Darkness is a historical fiction novel by Ann Rinaldi. It is part of the Great Episodes series. It is told in first-person narration.-Plot summary:...

, A Break with Charity

A Break with Charity

A Break with Charity: A Story about the SaleWitch Trials is a novel by Ann Rinaldi released in 1992, and is part of the Great Episodes series.-Plot synopsis:...

, and Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons is a 1996 historical novel by Ann Rinaldi. It is part of the Great Episodes series. The story,told in first-person narration, follows the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American poet...

. She has written a total of more than forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears

Wolf by the Ears

Wolf by the Ears is a young adult novel by Ann Rinaldi, first published in 1991. It is about a young girl, Harriet Hemings, who is a slave belonging to Thomas Jefferson. She tries to decide if she wants to stay and be a slave or leave and take her freedom...

was listed as one the best novels of the preceding twenty-five years, and later of the last one hundred years.