title: Grace Livingston Hill: Three Complete Novels in One Volume: Collection #1
author: Grace Livingston Hill
description: Grace Livingston Hill was born on April 16, 1865 to a Presbyterian Minister, Charles and a published author, Marcia, in Wellsville, New York. For her twelfth birthday, Hills Aunt Pansy had one of her stories published in a book of short stories. This was the beginning of Hills career as a writer. In 1886, Hill and her family moved to Winter Park, Florida, where she got a job teaching gymnastics at a local college. She wrote her first real book there, in an effort to raise money for a family vacation to Chautauqua Lake. The book was called Chatauqua Idyl and was published in 1887 by D. Lothrop and Company, the same publisher that printed her first story when she was twelve. Hill was eventually married and began a family, but lost her husband to appendicitis. At this point in her life, her writing was the only means she had to keep food on the table and money in her pockets. In her lifetime, Hill wrote over a hundred books, only two of which were non-fiction. Grace Livingston Hill died in 1947 at the age of 82.
zlib_text: **What Christian Authors are Saying about Grace Livingston Hill:**
  
  Grace Livingston Hill, often referred to as the “Queen of Christian Romance,”
  has given millions of readers timeless Christian novels, offering inspiration,
  romance, and adventure. The simple message in each of her books reminds us
  that God has the answer to all our questions.
  
  —Wanda E. Brunstetter, _New York Times_ bestselling author
  
  I’ve long been a fan of Grace Livingston Hill. Her romance and attention to
  detail has always captivated me—even as a young girl. I’m excited to see these
  books will continue to be available to new generations and highly recommend
  them to readers who haven’t yet tried them. And for those of you like me who
  have read the books, I hope you’ll revisit the stories and fall in love with
  them all over again.
  
  —Tracie Peterson, award-winning, bestselling author of the Song of Alaska and
  Striking a Match series
  
  Grace Livingston Hill’s books are a treasured part of my young adult years.
  There w