Stephanie Grace Whitson

Another two novels were among the most pretentious finalists for the Christy Award, and her success does not stop here. In 2012, one of the books in the Quilt Chronicles series, The Shadow of the Quilt precisely won the Romantic Times Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for the Best Inspirational Romance. Apart from fiction work, she also published “How to Help a Grieving Friend”, which is her first non-fiction book.

The best place to start is the Prairie Winds series, the earliest of Stephanie Grace Whitson's multi-book series: it opens with Walks The Fire (1994) and runs to 3 books across 1994–1997, ending with Red Bird (1997). Stephanie Grace Whitson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Stephanie Grace Whitson has 36 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2024. 18 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being The Quilt Chronicles series with 4 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Stephanie Grace Whitson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Prairie Winds (1994–1997, 3 books), Keepsake Legacies (1998–1999, 3 books) and Dakota Moons (2001–2002, 3 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Stephanie Grace Whitson's 36 books into 6 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Quilt Chronicles (4 books, 2012–2014); Dakota Moons (3 books, 2001–2002); Keepsake Legacies (3 books, 1998–1999); Pine Ridge Portraits (3 books, 2003–2005); Prairie Winds (3 books, 1994–1997), plus 1 further series.