Kathleen O'Neal Gear

b. 1954

3 series 6 books in order 1990–1999

Kathleen O'Neal Gear, an American writer born in 1954, is one of six children born in Tulare, California, to parents who left Oklahoma and Arkansas during the Dust Bowl. She earned degrees from California State University at Bakersfield and Chico, studied at UCLA and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and worked as Wyoming State Historian and as an archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska before writing full-time.

Born
1954
Active years
1990–1999
Known for
First North Americans, Forbidden Borders trilogy, Women of the West

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Series by Kathleen O'Neal Gear

First North Americans

5 books in order · 1990–1995

Forbidden Borders trilogy

2 books in order · 1991–1992

Women of the West

15 books in order · 1992–1999

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    Heart of the wilderness

    Year unknown · Janette Oke

    George McMannus travels from his wilderness cabin after learning his daughter and son-in-law died in a river accident, leaving behind his…

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How many books has Kathleen O'Neal Gear written?

We list 6 books by Kathleen O'Neal Gear across 3 series, published between 1990–1999 — each shown in full reading order.

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