{"id":43,"date":"2016-05-03T16:28:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T20:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:41:10","slug":"about-kristin-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kristinhannah.com\/about-kristin-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"About Kristin &#8211; Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; el_class=&#8221;about-image&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;26198&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/eadn-wc01-8211280.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kristin_Hannah_02_49a_16x20_RET_WEB.jpg&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\"><em><a style=\"color: #666;\" href=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc01-8211280.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kristin_Hannah_02_49a_16x20_RET_WEB.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Large Image<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;60px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>About Kristin<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span class=\"il\">Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, <em>The<\/em> <em>Nightingale<\/em>, which was named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People&#8217;s Choice award for best fiction in the same year.\u00a0 Additionally, it was a selection of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club in 2023.\u00a0It was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, Buzzfeed, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/span><span class=\"il\">, <em>Paste<\/em>, and <em>The Week<\/em>. \u00a0In 2018, <em>The Great Alone<\/em> became an instant <em>New York Times<\/em> #1 bestseller and was named the Best Historical Novel of the Year by Goodreads. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\"><em>The Four Winds<\/em> was published in February of 2021 and immediately hit #1 on the <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, <em>USA Today<\/em>, and Indie bookstores&#8217; bestseller lists. \u00a0Additionally, it was selected as a book club pick by the both Today Show and the Book Of the Month club, which named it the best book of 2021. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\"><em>The Nightingale<\/em> is currently in production at Tri Star, with Dakota and Elle Fanning set to star. \u00a0Tri Star has also optioned <em>The Great Alone<\/em> and it is in development. \u00a0<em>Firefly Lane<\/em>, her beloved novel about two best friends, was the #1 Netflix series around the world, in the week it came out. \u00a0The popular tv show stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke and Season Two is currently set to conclude the series on April 27, 2023. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A former attorney, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"margin-top: 42.0pt; background: white;\"><\/pre>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; 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