A Bit of Grace:
  • Grace Livingston Hill was born on Easter Sunday in 1865.
  • Grace Livingston Hill was the originator of the "Christian Romance" genre that's so popular today.
  • Books weren't her only claim to fame. Grace wrote some poetry, too.
  • As a young woman, Grace aspired to be an artist and went to art school.
  • If you look closely, many of Grace's books use real Philadelphia streets and landmarks.
  • Grace Livingston Hill's first book was a children's story, "The Esselstynes"
  • "Lo, Michael" was set at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where Grace taught physical education in the 1890's.
  • In Grace's books, the dear aunt with those dove-gray dresses is most certainly Grace's "Auntie Belle."
  • Grace's "Auntie Belle" was a world-famous author. Her pen name was Pansy.
  • Grace Livingston Hill never learned to drive, but Grace and her driver often used it to pick up Sunday School children.
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VOLUME 1: Vintage Recipes from the Holiday Books includes recipes for the great meals in:

The Christmas Bride • The Substitute Guest • April Gold • Stranger Within the Gates and many more.

Family meals, and often their careful preparation, are a familiar part of the Grace Livingston Hill books we love. In this volume of The Grace Livingston Hill Cookbook series, we bring the books to life with vintage recipes that will help you recreate the holiday flavors of yesterday.

And it’s more than just Roast Turkey with all the trimmings—you’ll also find lots of great comfort food like Warm Gingerbread, Sugary Doughnuts and (of course) Buckwheat Cakes & Sausage. 

BONUS—This volume includes a newly-discovered GLH Christmas story, "The Half of a Christmas."

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Heroines by Name: 2023 GLH Reading List

This year, let's meet 12 GLH heroines who have their book named after them. Are you named after a GLH character? Let us know at stories@gracelivingstonhill.com

January: The Obsession of Victoria Gracen (1915)
February: Spice Box (1943)
March: Rose Galbraith (1940)
April: Ariel Custer (1925)
May: Patricia (1939)
June: Marcia Schuyler (1908)
July: Phoebe Deane (1909)
August: Miranda (1915)
September: Cloudy Jewel (1920)
October: Maris (1938)
November: Mary Arden (1948)
December: Astra (1941)

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