Ruth Hull Chatlien has been a writer and editor of educational materials for twenty-five years. Her specialty is U.S. and world history. She is the author of Modern American Indian Leaders for middle-grade readers. Her award-winning first novel The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte (Amika Press) tells the story of the tumultuous life of Elizabeth "Betsy" Patterson Bonaparte. Her second novel, Blood Moon: A Captive's Tale (Amika Press), retells Sarah Wakefield's ordeal as a captive during the Dakota War of 1862. Her most recent novel, Katie, Bar the Door (Amika Press), explores a young woman's emotional journey from loss and abuse toward healing.

She lives in northeastern Illinois with her husband, Michael. When she's not writing, she can usually be found gardening, knitting, or spoiling her dog Coco.

Visit her sites here & here.

AWARDS
2014 Reader's Favorite International Book Award Gold Medalist
2014 Chaucer Historical Fiction Contest: First Place in the category Turn of the Nineteenth Century
2018 Reader's Favorite International Book Award Gold Medalist.
2018 Winner of the Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize for Western fiction