Rosie Bosse

Thank you for your interest in my books. I grew up on a farm in the great state of Kansas near the geographical center of the United States. College and city life was fun, but I was always drawn toward rural life and hung onto my strong Christian upbringing.

I met my future husband in Aggieville in Manhattan, Kansas, He was a great dancer! When we decided to marry, he changed the course of my life from teaching Home Economics in western Kansas to raising kids and cattle in eastern Kansas. We raised four children on our ranch, and we now have fourteen grandchildren.

I have always loved to read, and even though I wrote poetry for years as a way to express my emotions, I never saw writing a book in my future. That all changed in 2016 with the publication of my first children's book. I released my first novel in 2019. Even then, I thought the novel would be a stand-alone book--I had no idea so many would follow.

Currently, I have twelve children's titles and thirteen adult novels. The children's books combine fiction and real life on the farm while the novels are historical fiction. I try to make the novels geographically and historically accurate. Each fictional story includes at least one character from history which I wrap through the storyline and connect to one or more of my fictional characters.

There are eleven novels in my Home on the Range series. The first begins in 1868 south of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the last book ends in 1888 in the Nebraska Sandhills. It is a progressive series, so you will see characters from the first story carried all the way through. The last novel, "The Cowboy's Bandana, Eight Long Years," uncovers the adult lives of some of the children you meet as the books build on each other.

In the Uncivil War series, I follow the lives of Confederate and Union men and women, both soldiers and civilians, as they try to cope with their changing worlds. I have worked lots of history into these--some you may not have even heard before! I hope to release the third novel in this series in early 2027.

I incorporate a struggle for survival along with a little romance into the storylines of each of my novels while following history as much as possible. In addition, I try to show the value of children while my characters demonstrate integrity and chivalry.

A consistent thread that I have found in my research is how tough the early pioneers were, physically and mentally. Travel was a huge ordeal and one they handled as a fact of life. In addition, women then had few options to support themselves if they had no family to help provide for them. In some states, women could not even own property until the late 1800s. A quote I found while doing research for my novels states, "The weak turned back and the cowards never came." I think that quote could be the basis for all my novels. You will see strong male and female characters as well as flawed people. Some will be redeemed, and others will….well, you will have to read the books to see! You will laugh with my “friends” as my husband calls the characters in my books, and cry with me when they die. I do my best to pull all your emotions.

The children's books are written from very elementary to early reader chapter books. All include illustrations. "Buford, the Little Lost Lamb" is my rendition of how a lamb came to be in every manger scene at Christmastime. "What Does Old Santa Do?" is all about what Santa Claus and his reindeer do from Christmas to Christmas. All of my children's books are "kid tested and approved!"

Pick up all my books for both you and your little ones. Then, have fun with reading while learning a little about life on the farm and history as well. Happy Reading!

Rosie Bosse, Living and Writing on a Ranch in the Middle of Nowhere