Who makes Rinaldi Source, and how
Rinaldi Source at annrinaldi.net is a factual reference covering Ann Rinaldi's biography, her historical fiction novels, and the research behind them
The Research Behind Her Pages
Where this domain comes from
Rinaldi Source continues the theme this domain carried from 2008 to 2024: Ann Rinaldi as a historical fiction author, end to end.
From 2008 to 2024 this domain was run by its original owner. The domain was acquired in 2026 and Rinaldi Source is now an independent publication on the same theme, with no relation to the previous owner.
Rinaldi Source did not exist before 2026; the years above belong to the former site, not to this one.
What this domain was
This domain held a site for readers of one historical fiction author for twelve years, from 2008 to 2024. The Wayback Machine logged 160 captures across 46 distinct paths in that span. Four hundred sixty-two referring domains once linked to it, and 462 of those links carried the anchor text annrinaldi or ann rinaldi. The site served the same audience this reference now serves: readers and students who wanted a single place to follow the work.
- Era
- 2008 to 2024
- Archive
- 160 captures and 46 addresses
- Links
- 462 referring domains
- Inherited addresses still answering
- 3 addresses
Why this subject, and why here
Ann Rinaldi published a body of historical fiction centred on the American Civil War, and readers who finish a novel often want to know where the detail came from, which records shaped a scene, or how critics and fellow readers received the book. Those questions do not appear on a single page anywhere. They accumulate across interviews, reviews, and the research notes an author shares with a public. A standing reference that gathers them in one place answers a need that changes with each new edition and each new reader, which is why the subject keeps returning to the same address.
The domain annrinaldi.net has carried a site for that reader for more than a decade. The earlier project ended in 2024. In 2026, Rinaldi Source was built here as a new, independent reference publication with no affiliation to the former site or its owner. It stands for one thing: a complete, factual account of Ann Rinaldi's historical fiction novels, the sources and research behind them, and how readers received the work. Nothing more, nothing commercial, nothing that expires.
This site does not sell books, list ISBNs, or act as a retailer. It does not run an event calendar, book tour schedule, or signing page. It does not publish press releases, news items, or award announcements. It does not offer a craft manual on historical fiction as a genre. And it does not carry the do-follow backlink and premium PBN network promotion that once appeared in this domain's link profile; those entries were spam injected into the graph and are not part of what this reference is.
Sources, method and corrections
Every figure on a page traces to a source that is named in a figures file kept with the build. Archive capture counts come from the Wayback Machine CDX index; link counts and anchor text come from Majestic data. A number lands on a page only after it has been read from one of those two records and checked against the last edition of the page that carried it. If a count has moved between editions, the old number is replaced and the change is noted in the edition log.
Each page is written from the source material first and then read against the house style sheet before it is published. The text is checked for stray claims, for a name that does not appear in the fact base, and for any sentence that drifts into opinion. A reader who spots a correction sends it through the channel printed on the page, and the correction lands in the next edition of the affected page, with a note in the changelog saying what changed and when.
Corrections are applied in the next build.
What you find now, and what comes next
The sections below carry the reference, one area of the work at a time.
The reference plans 32 pages across eight core and twenty-four outer entries, with the eight core pages published now and the remaining twenty-four scheduled over six months from 2026-08 to 2027-02.