Rinaldi SourceThe Research Behind Her Pages

The books, the research, and the story behind them

Rinaldi Source holds the complete author profile, full book catalogue, and the research method behind every novel.

Rinaldi Source is the working reference for Ann Rinaldi, the historical fiction novelist whose career at Berkley Books produced twenty six published novels built on a single method. The Biography section maps that career end to end, from her earliest titles through her most recent work, and names the themes and periods that recur across the shelf. The Books section carries the full catalogue, grouped by period and audience, so a reader can trace which titles treat the Civil War, which treat the Second World War, and which reach young readers or romance readers. Every entry is tied back to the source material that shaped it.

The site exists for the reader who wants to understand what went into each book and how the research shaped the prose. No storefront, no ISBN listing, no event calendar sits here. What sits here is the author profile, the complete book list, and the documented method that connects archival work to the finished page. Each section names its sources plainly, and the catalogue entries stay factual, one title at a time, with no promotion attached.

An open leather journal filled with handwritten notes, resting on a desk.

The Research Behind Her Pages

Ann Rinaldi, author

The Biography hub follows Ann Rinaldi, author, from first title to latest, tracing the themes and periods that recur across the shelf.

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Historical fiction civil war

The Books hub organizes the full catalogue by period and audience, from Civil War titles to young reader selections.

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Restored addresses

Rinaldi Source publishes at annrinaldi.net since 2026. Under another owner this domain treated the same subject from 2008 to 2024.

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