About the Books
Kristina’s fiction digs into complex human relationships, “difficult women” (otherwise known as human women with flaws), and endings that are satisfying and compelling but not always “happily ever after,” with a page-turning pace that’s a holdover from her newspaper days. Library Journal captured the essence of her work by writing, “Riggle paints with exquisite care a not-so-pretty picture of modern life”.
About Kristina
Kristina Riggle is a recovering newspaper reporter and current novelist living and writing in Michigan. She’s wanted to be a writer ever since she knew that such a thing existed, and all her “when I grow up” statements as a kid included “author and…” As in, “author and horse trainer” (she’s a bit afraid of horses), “author and chemist” (what?) or “author and teacher” (teachers are heroes but she’s never been one.)
PRAISE
(Riggle) explores what happens when real life diverges sharply from childhood dreams. Her strong and complicated female characters are interesting and likable, and she ably weaves together multiple story lines.
—Booklist on
The Life You’ve Imagined
Riggle mesmerizes
and enchants with this hope-filled, honest and remarkably raw tour-
de-force.
—Examiner.com “Book of the Week”
on Things We Didn’t Say
Riggle paints with exquisite care a not-so-pretty picture of modern life.
—Library Journal on
Things We Didn’t Say
Riggle offers a marvelous
and sensitive portrayal of rich, full characters, using realistic dialogue and intriguing secondary subplots…
Highly recommended.
—Booklist (starred review) on Keepsake
Love, loyalty and the murky nature of the truth, are at the fracturing heart of this astonishing novel about culpability, desire, and the ways we choose to see our world. Just breathtakingly good.
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Days of Wonder and With or Without You on The Whole Golden World
An entrancing novel that gives readers insight into the Broadway theatrical world in its heyday... a nuanced picture of a large, unwieldy, but loving family…
—Library Journal on
Vivian in Red
Essay
"The Limitless Magic of Libraries"
Kristina wrote about coming of age as a voracious young reader in a household without money to burn: “We grew up mildly poor, especially in our youngest days, our world filled with garage sale clothes, thrift store furniture (expertly ‘upcycled’ by my mother) and a series of used cars that rattled down the road on a wing and a prayer. (I famously drew a picture of the family Ford Pinto with clouds of smoke billowing out of the back, rendered in purple crayon.)”
