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Kristina Riggle lives in West Michigan, where she writes character-driven novels about complex personal dynamics. Her debut novel, Real Life & Liars, was a Target "Breakout" pick and a "Great Lakes, Great Reads" selection by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. Her latest novel, Vivian in Red, is a story of 1930s Broadway and today about a lyricist, the clouded history of his most famous song, and the woman who inspired it.

Kristina has published short stories in the Cimarron Review, Literary Mama, Espresso Fiction, and elsewhere, and is a former co-editor for fiction at Literary Mama. As well as writing, she enjoys reading, yoga, dabbling in (very) amateur musical theatre, and spending lots of time with her husband, two kids ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 8,141 ratings · 1,113 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Whole Golden World 3.68 avg rating — 2,938 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keepsake 3.58 avg rating — 1,378 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real Life and Liars 3.47 avg rating — 1,382 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things We Didn't Say 3.53 avg rating — 1,318 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life You've Imagined 3.39 avg rating — 925 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vivian in Red 3.73 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope Out Loud 3.53 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Why I wrote HOPE OUT LOUD

Why did I write a novella sequel to The Life You've Imagined?

Because I've missed you. I've missed you greatly, dear readers.

For various reasons (a topic for another day) it's been a little while since The Whole Golden World, and it will be a while yet before I have another novel to share with you.

I do write for its own sake. Writing, even when no one reads it, is still fun, satisfying and fulfilli Read more of this blog post »

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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

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“We all have the best laid plans for our children, and they go and ruin it all by growing up any way they want to. What the hell was it all for, then? (Real Life and Liars)”
― Kristina Riggle

tags: cancer, fiction, life, mothers, parenting, poignant, real-life

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“I hope someday she meets just the right man and has babies - a whole passel of babies, more than I could have - so she understands how it kills me now that she won't let me hug her when she's in obvious distress. (The Life You've Imagined)”
― Kristina Riggle

tags: coming-home, daughters, denial, love, motherhood, mothers, parenting

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“Love is hard to find and easy to lose, same as anything small and precious.”
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May BoTM Side Reads Nominations!! 1st Poll.

Top 5 books move onto the second poll!!!

We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

17 votes, 26.6%

Serena

by Ron Rash

9 votes, 14.1%

The Whole Golden World

by Kristina Riggle

7 votes, 10.9%

Fourth of July Creek

by Smith Henderson

7 votes, 10.9%

Written in Red

by Anne Bishop

6 votes, 9.4%

Maine

by J. Courtney Sullivan

6 votes, 9.4%

Spring Fever

by Mary Kay Andrews

4 votes, 6.3%

The Water Is Wide: A Memoir

by Pat Conroy

3 votes, 4.7%

House Broken

by Sonja Yoerg

3 votes, 4.7%

Touch of Power

by Maria V. Snyder

2 votes, 3.1%

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message 2: by Shawn

Jul 28, 2012 03:12PM

Hey Kristina, I hope the rest of your book signing tour went well after you left Woodstock. My wife is almost done with "Keepsake" and she really has enjoyed it a lot.

Take care,
Shawn

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message 1: by Marina

Dec 06, 2011 02:25PM

Hey, Kris!
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