Kristan Higgins

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Kristan Higgins
Occupation Novelist
Nationality America
Alma mater College of the Holy Cross (BA)
Period2006–present
Genre Romance, contemporary
Notable awardsRITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title
2008 Catch of the Day
RITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title
2010 Too Good Too Be True
RITA award – Best Mainstream Fiction
2018 Now That You Mention It
Website
www.kristanhiggins.com

Kristan Higgins is an American writer. She is a New York Times , USA Today , Wall Street Journal , and Publishers Weekly bestselling American author of humorous contemporary romance. She is a three-time winner of Romance Writers of America's RITA Award and a five-time nominee for the Kirkus Prize for Best Work of Fiction.

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Biography

Higgins is from Durham, Connecticut. Before writing, she worked in advertising and public relations. She lives with her firefighter husband and two children in Connecticut. [1] [2] She holds a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross. [3]

Bibliography

Blue Heron series

  1. The Best Man. HQN. February 2013. ISBN   9780373777921.
  2. The Perfect Match. HQN. October 2013. ISBN   9780373778195.
  3. Waiting on You. HQN. March 2014. ISBN   9780373778584.
  4. In Your Dreams. HQN. September 2014. ISBN   9780373779314.
  5. Anything for You. HQN. December 2015. ISBN   9780373789085.

Gideon's Cove, Maine

  1. Catch of the Day. HQN. October 2007. ISBN   9780373772247.
  2. The Next Best Thing. HQN. January 2010. ISBN   9780373774388.
  3. Somebody to Love. HQN. April 2012. ISBN   9780373776580.

Cambry-on-Hudson

  1. If You Only Knew. HQN. August 2015. ISBN   9780373784974.
  2. On Second Thought. HQN. January 2017. ISBN   9780373789252.
  3. Good Luck with That. Berkley. August 2018. ISBN   978-0-451-48939-5.

Stand-alone novels

Awards and reception

Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages and received numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus and Romantic Times. She is a five-time nominee for The Kirkus Prize for best work of fiction. [1] [5]

Romantic Times calls Higgins "the master of small-town romance".

Library Journal calls Higgins "the funniest author out there."

Publishers Weekly cited On Second Thought as being written with "uncommon grace and empathy". [6]

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