Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Born (1960-09-25) September 25, 1960 (age 64) [1]
California, U.S. [2]
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Period1991–present
Genrefiction
Notable worksThe Nightingale, The Great Alone, The Women
Website
www.kristinhannah.com

Kristin Hannah (born September 25, 1960) [3] is an American writer. Her most notable works include Winter Garden, The Nightingale , Firefly Lane , The Great Alone , and The Four Winds. In 2024, The Women , was published. It is set in the United States in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. [4]

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Biography

Kristin Hannah was born in California. After graduating with a degree in communication from the University of Washington in 1983, Hannah worked at an advertising agency in Seattle. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound law school and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer. Hannah wrote her first novel with her mother, who was dying of cancer at the time, but the book was never published. [5]

Hannah's best-selling work, The Nightingale , has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide and has been published in 45 languages. [6] [7]

Hannah lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, [8] with her husband and their son.

Bibliography

Standalone novels

Omnibus

Anthologies in collaboration

Film and TV

Four of Hannah's novels have been optioned for films: Home Front, [9] The Nightingale, [10] The Great Alone, [6] and The Women. [11]

Firefly Lane was turned into a Netflix original series, starring Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl, which premiered on February 3, 2021. [12]

References and sources

  1. ↑ Hannah, Kristin. "Author". Facebook. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Egan, Elisabeth (29 January 2021). "Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can do the Same". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hannah-kristin-1960
  4. ↑ "The Women – Kristin Hannah" . Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  5. ↑ Egan, Elisabeth (2021-01-29). "Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can Do the Same". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. 1 2 McNary, Dave (2018-02-05). "Sony Buys 'Nightingale' Author's Alaska Novel 'The Great Alone' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  7. ↑ Gutterman, Annabel (February 3, 2021). "What to Know About the Book Behind Netflix's Firefly Lane". Time]. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  8. ↑ Mary Ann Gwinn (April 10, 2011), 10 top-selling Washington state authors, Seattle Times , retrieved 2012-01-25
  9. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2012-03-30). "Novelist Kristin Hannah's 'Home Front' Sparks Chris Columbus, While 'The Things We Do For Love' Moves Abigail Breslin". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  10. ↑ "Details About The Nightingale Movie". BookBub. 2017-07-07.
  11. ↑ "Warner Bros Pre-Buys Kristin Hannah Book 'The Women,' Developing Portrait of Vietnam Nurses for Film". 17 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Firefly Lane Trailer: Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke's BFFS Are 'F--king Stuck With' Each Other in New Netflix Drama". 3 December 2020.
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