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 sequel “From Harmony to Hostility” 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.

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