Cindy Roe Littlejohn

Cindy Roe Littlejohn is an author of historical narrative nonfiction books and the series “Palmetto Pioneers.” Her territorial Florida adventure, “Palmetto Pioneers: the Emigrants” and its sequels “From Harmony to Hostility” and "Yankees in the Courthouse" have received critical acclaim. Her debut book in her “Palmetto Pioneers” series won a bronze medal at the IPPY Awards for nonfiction in the southeast and two gold medals for history and biography, and a silver for cover design from the 2024 Florida Authors and Publishers Association awards. The second book was a finalist for an IPPY award and won a bronze from FAPA. The third won two bronze medals for history and biography from FAPA.

She has a PhD In Communication from Florida State University, is on the executive committee of the Florida Historic Old Capitol, and sits on the board of the Jefferson County Historical Association. She is considered a local and state historian and is an Associate Scholar for the Aucilla Research Institute.

She published the first book in the series "The Emigrants" in the summer of 2022. On March 15, 2024, she released her second novel in the series, "From Harmony to Hostility," which follows the Walker family into the Civil War. Her third book in the series “Yankees in the Courthouse” was released at the end of 2025. She is currently working on a Middle Grade childrens book for the series and has begun a new series on the late 1800s through the 1930s, a migration from North Florida to South Florida.

She comes from a small rural town in North Florida and is the eighth generation of her family to have lived there.