kristina McMorris

Books

Novels
The Girls of Good Fortune

The Girls of Good Fortune

In 1888, awaking in a cell amid Portland's notorious Shanghai Tunnels, a woman accustomed to adapting for survival—being half-Chinese passing as white—must rush to retrace her path before unearthed secrets prove deadly.

The Ways We Hide

The Ways We Hide

A sweeping WWII tale of an illusionist whose recruitment by British intelligence sets her on a perilous, heartrending path, best described as The Alice Network meets The Queen's Gambit.

When We Had Wings

When We Had Wings

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven novel about a trio of WWII nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival.

Sold On A Monday

Sold on a Monday

A Depression-era reporter snaps a photo of two children being sold on farmhouse porch, leading to his big break—and devastating repercussions for everyone involved.
(Includes some favorite characters from The Edge of Lost!)

The Edge of Lost

The Edge Of Lost

Angela's Ashes meets Shawshank Redemption in a story that begins in October 1937, interweaving the buried past of an Alcatraz inmate with the desperate search for the missing daughter of a prison guard.

The Pieces We Keep

The Pieces We Keep

A young boy's violent, recurrent night terrors unseal a trove of family secrets tracing back to the Second World War, causing a ripple of irreversible consequences.

Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

A promising violinist secretly elopes with her Japanese American boyfriend the night before Pearl Harbor is bombed, forever changing two families torn between sides.

Letters from Home

Letters from Home

At the height of WWII, a Midwestern infantryman falls deeply in love through a yearlong letter exchange, unaware that the girl he's been writing to isn't the one replying.
 
Novellas
The Chrtistmas Collector

The Season of Second Chances

A freshly updated and repackaged edition of The Christmas Collector is paired with T. Greenwood's The Gift in this heartwarming book of holidays, families, and memories.

Grand Central

Grand Central

Kristina's novella "The Reunion"—one of ten interwoven novellas set at Grand Central on the same day just after WWII—features a female pilot who must come to grips with her tragic past if she is ever to move forward.
 
Short Story
Grand Central

Poppy's Story

Amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, a teacher and mother-to-be must uncover the truth of her past to find stability and hope during a time of great turmoil.
(A free Prime and Kindle Unlimited read.)

 
Children's Book
Grand Central

Ellie Mae Dreams Big!

In their collaborative picture book debut, McMorris and her sister, award-winning artist Amanda Yoshida, present a delightful story of a girl whose big dreams are far from ordinary.