Kate Clifford Larson is the author of three critically acclaimed biographies: ROSEMARY: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (2015); BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero (2003); and THE ASSASSIN'S ACCOMPLICE: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln (2008). She has been a consultant and interpretive specialist for numerous museum and public history initiatives focusing on the lives and contributions of women in the making of our national identity.

Dr. Larson holds two degrees from Simmons College, an MBA from Northeastern University, and a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Books by Kate Clifford Larson

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

by Kate Clifford Larson - Biography, Nonfiction

Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter, Rosemary, attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the Queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was intellectually disabled --- a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. Kate Larson reveals both the sensitive care Rose and Joe gave to Rosemary and then the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly intractable in her early 20s.