Kathleen Grissom writes historical fiction about slavery, family secrecy and people whose lives cross racial and legal boundaries in the early United States. The Kitchen House follows Lavinia, an Irish orphan who arrives as an indentured servant on a Virginia plantation and is raised among enslaved people working in the household. The novel alternates viewpoints with Belle, an enslaved woman whose connection to the plantation owner is dangerous to acknowledge openly. Glory Over Everything continues the story through a later generation and a man living with a concealed racial identity. Grissom's books are accessible, plot-driven and family-centred, fitting plantation historical fiction, slavery-era drama and multi-generational stories about identity and belonging. Read more Less
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