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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2009
  • Latest Book:
    July 2026
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Book List in Order: 8 titles




  • It’s late spring of 2008, and one of Illinois’ two Democratic senators is poised to become the next president of the United States. Colleen Dugan works for the other one -- not on Capitol Hill, but in a Chicago skyscraper that overlooks Lake Mich...



  • “In my reckless and undiscouraged youth,” Lillian Boxfish writes, “I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street…” She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy’s ...





  • The world is screaming. Are you listening? Within these pages, you'll find a lot of dark humor-a very valid response to dealing with the grief, confronting the truth, and accepting that the U.S. government won't do enough to help with our irreversibl...



  • A heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel based on the incredible true story of a WWI messenger pigeon and the soldiers whose lives she forever altered, from the author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. From the green countryside of England and ...



  • From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost of stardom, and selfless second acts, inspired by an extraordinary true story.Chicago, 1916. Doreen O’Dare is fourteen years old when she hops a...



  • From the nationally bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, comes a funny and moving novel in which a former college swimmer falls off a cruise ship and must keep treading water as memories and regrets wash over him—perfect for fans...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen Rooney has published 8 books.

The next book by Kathleen Rooney, Man Overboard!, will be published in July 2026.

The first book by Kathleen Rooney, For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs, was published in December 2009.

No. Kathleen Rooney does not write books in series.