Books by my wife and sometimes co-author, Denise Kiernan.
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OBSTINATE DAUGHTERS
Just in time for the 250th Anniversary of the United States! Denise’s latest book is Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution (Dutton, 2026) which will arrive in bookstores June 23, 2026. It’s the scintillating story of women who contributed in some way to the creation of the nation.
Meet the woman who went to war dressed as a man—and remained pals with her general even he learned the truth!
Meet the woman who raised $4 million (in today’s dollars) for Washington’s troops…all by writing a broadside and inspiring women throughout the country to go door to door.
Meet the woman who sang the praises of freedom—even though she herself was still enslaved.
Meet the woman who printed the Declaration of Independence—and was later fired because she wasn’t a man.
Meet the woman who helped her husband betray his nation! (Nice to meet you, Mrs. Benedict Arnold.)
Meet the Native American woman who taught soldiers at Valley Forge how to find food in the wild.
Meet the woman who dressed in her husband’s clothes and arrested British couriers riding through her town!
And I’m just getting warmed up. There are plenty more stories like this.
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For adults: The stirring story of how Thanksgiving came to be…
Prior to Obstinate Daughters, Denise published three books that focused on the story of how Thanksgiving came to be a national holiday in the United States. It’s a fascinating TRUE story that encompasses the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and a little-known woman who was a crusading tastemaker.
One book is for adults (shown above), one for older kids, and one for little kids. Together, they constitute what is known in the publishing world as a “family read”—a storytelling experience for all ages.
Buy the adult book (shown above), We Gather Together, here.
Or get an autographed copy: Malaprop's
The Young Readers Edition is intended for kids ages 8 to 12, grades 3 to 7.
Buy the young readers edition, We Gather Together, here.
Or get an autographed copy: Malaprop's
The 32-page picture is intended for readers ages 4 to 8, preschool to third grade.
Buy the picture book, GIVING THANKS, here.
Or get an autographed copy: Malaprop's
A freakishly amazing story.
The glittering true story behind the largest home in America. America's Downton Abbey, if you will.
Constructed in the fading days of the Gilded Age, this colossally huge, 175,000-square-foot mansion is located in none of the cities you'd imagine. Not New York. Not Newport, Rhode Island. Not Los Angeles. Not Bar Harbor, Maine. It's tucked away instead in the back hills of North Carolina against a backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Buy The Last Castle here.
Or get an autographed copy: Malaprop's
“A phenomenal story.”
An instant New York Times Bestseller, The Girls of Atomic City is the true story about the women who unknowingly worked to create the fuel for the first atomic bomb during World War II.
Buy THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY here.
Or get an autographed copy: Malaprop's
Denise Kiernan
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