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KRISTINA MCMORRIS is a graduate of Pepperdine University and the recipient of nearly twenty national literary awards. A host of weekly TV shows since age nine, including an Emmy® Award-winning program, she penned her debut novel, Letters from Home (Kensington Books, Avon/HarperCollins UK), based on inspiration from her grandparents' wartime courtship. This critically acclaimed book was declared a must-read by Woman's Day magazine and achieved additional recognition as a Reader's Digest Select Editions feature, a Doubleday/Literary Guild selection, and a 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Historical Fiction. Her second novel, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, was released March 2012 to equally high critical praise. Named one of Portl...more


Average rating: 3.87 · 1,802 ratings · 486 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Letters From Home
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
The Pieces We Keep
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013
A Winter Wonderland
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions

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LETTERS FROM HOME (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 27, 2011 06:10pm
Description: Inspired by my grandparents' courtship, LETTERS FROM HOME is a WWII love story featuring a Midwestern infantryman who falls deeply in love through a yearlong letter exchange, unaware that the girl he's writing to isn't the one replying. Woven around this tenuous thread are the stories of three female friends whose journeys toward independence take unexpected turns as a result of romance, tragedy, and deception, their repercussions heightened by an era of the unknown. (Reading group guide and 1940s recipes included in the book!)
BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Sep 30, 2011 04:41pm
Description: As the American daughter of a Japanese immigrant father and Caucasian mother, I'm excited to share a sneak peek of my forthcoming novel, BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES. The story features a violinist named Maddie Kern, who secretly elopes with her Japanese American boyfriend -- the night before Pearl Harbor is bombed. Refusing to be separated from her husband, Maddie dares to voluntarily live in an internment camp. When her husband, Lane, enlists in a secret branch of the U.S. Army to prove his allegiance to America, every character will uncover the truth of those they label "the enemy," while learning where their deepest loyalties lie. (Reading group guide and Asian-fusion recipes included in the book!)

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" I had heard of the Orphan Trains before, but this book gave great perspective into a chapter in our history that not too many people know about. Really well written, great character development, just wish it would have been longer! "
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“The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.”
Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

“It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you’re not alone.”
Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home

“Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love.”
Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home

“Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love.”
Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home

“Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered?”
Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home

“It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you’re not alone.”
Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home

“In seven days God had created the Earth. In a single day mankind had turned it upside down.”
Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

“The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.”
Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

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