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ⓘ About Kate Hannigan
Kate Hannigan is a young adult and children’s novelist from Chicago. She has not always lived in Chicago since she was born and bred in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she spent all her time riding her bike in the neighborhood. She has always loved stories and words and worked on the high school newspaper before she went to college where she studied journalism. After graduating from college, she got jobs in a range of notable newspapers which took her all over the country. Her first job was on the East Coast in South Carolina before she moved to the West Coast where she worked in Salinas for “The Californian.” She then went to work for “The Dallas Morning News” in Texas and then went back to California working for “The San Francisco Chronicle.
All Book Series by Kate Hannigan
The Good Fun! Book
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2010 Co-authored · Karen Duncan
Rachel Carson's Wonder-Filled World
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2025
The Challenger Disaster
Book 3 of 11 · published 2020 Anthology · Pranas T. Naujokaitis
The Stonewall Riots
Book 6 of 11 · published 2022 Anthology · Archie Bongiovanni
The Transcontinental Railroad
Book 8 of 11 · published 2022 Anthology · Andy Hirsch
Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin
Book 9 of 11 · published 2023 Anthology · Tracey Baptiste
Hip-Hop
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2024 Anthology · Jarrett Williams
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kate Hannigan?
Kate Hannigan is a young adult and children’s novelist from Chicago. She has not always lived in Chicago since she was born and bred in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she spent all her time riding her bike in the neighborhood. She has always loved stories and words and worked on the high school newspaper before she went to college where she studied journalism.
Which Kate Hannigan series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Cupcake Cousins series, the earliest of Kate Hannigan's multi-book series: it opens with Cupcake Cousins (2014) and runs to 3 books across 2014–2016, ending with Winter Wonders (2016). Kate Hannigan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Kate Hannigan written?
Kate Hannigan has 25 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2010 and 2025. 17 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the History Comics series with 11 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kate Hannigan's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kate Hannigan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cupcake Cousins (2014–2016, 3 books), The League of Secret Heroes (2019–2021, 3 books) and History Comics (2020–2024, 11 books).
How are Kate Hannigan's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kate Hannigan's 25 books into 3 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: History Comics (11 books, 2020–2024); Cupcake Cousins (3 books, 2014–2016); The League of Secret Heroes (3 books, 2019–2021).