Cindy Roe Littlejohn

Biography

Cindy Roe Littlejohn, a married mother of three and a grandmother of seven, is an author and writer, blogger, tree farmer, and retired agricultural and environmental lobbyist.  

The first book in her Palmetto Pioneers series entitled “The Emigrants” won an IPPY bronze medal for nonfiction in the southeastern US, and gold medals for history and biography and a silver for cover design from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. Her latest award was from the American Book Fest, an international competition. The book was a finalist for two categories—best new nonfiction and general history.

She released the second book of the series in March of 2024.

She loves to travel (especially old trails), garden, do genealogy, and spend time with her family in the outdoors.

Littlejohn comes from Jefferson County, Florida, and is the eighth generation of her family to have lived there.  She has a BS, MS, and PhD. from Florida State University from the College of Communication.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Forestry Association, in the Jefferson County Historical Association, and on the Florida Historic Capitol Foundation. She is an associate scholar with the Aucilla Research Institute and a member of Class XXI of Connect Florida (Leadership Florida). She serves as an Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Monticello and is a volunteer docent with Monticello’s Keystone Genealogical Library.