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]
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
- A Handful of Heaven (July 1991)
- The Enchantment (June 1992)
- Once in Every Life (December 1992)
- If You Believe (December 1993)
- When Lightning Strikes (October 1994)
- Waiting for the Moon (September 1995)
- Home Again (October 1996)
- On Mystic Lake (February 1999)
- Angel Falls (April 2000)
- Summer Island (March 2001)
- Distant Shores (July 2002)
- Between Sisters (April 2003)
- The Things We Do for Love (June 2004)
- Comfort and Joy (October 2005)
- Magic Hour (February 2006)
- Firefly Lane (2008)
- True Colors (2009)
- Winter Garden (2010)
- Night Road (March 2011)
- Home Front (2012)
- Fly Away (2013)
- The Nightingale (2015)
- The Great Alone (2018)
- The Four Winds (2021)
- The Women (2024)
Omnibus
- On Mystic Lake / Summer Island (2005)
- Firefly Lane / Fly Away (2008, 2013)
Anthologies in collaboration
- "Liar's Moon" in Harvest Hearts 1993 (with Joanne Cassity, Sharon Harlow and Rebecca Paisley)
- Of Love and Life 2000 (with Janice Graham and Philippa Gregory)
- "Liar's Moon" in With Love 2002 (with Jennifer Blake and Linda Lael Miller)
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
- ^ Hannah, Kristin. "Author". Facebook. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Egan, Elisabeth (29 January 2021). "Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can do the Same". The New York Times.
- ^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hannah-kristin-1960
- ^ "The Women – Kristin Hannah". Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b McNary, Dave (2018-02-05). "Sony Buys 'Nightingale' Author's Alaska Novel 'The Great Alone' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ Gutterman, Annabel (February 3, 2021). "What to Know About the Book Behind Netflix's Firefly Lane". Time]. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Mary Ann Gwinn (April 10, 2011), 10 top-selling Washington state authors, Seattle Times, retrieved 2012-01-25
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Details About The Nightingale Movie". BookBub. 2017-07-07.
- ^ "Warner Bros Pre-Buys Kristin Hannah Book 'The Women,' Developing Portrait of Vietnam Nurses for Film". 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Firefly Lane Trailer: Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke's BFFS Are 'F--king Stuck With' Each Other in New Netflix Drama". 3 December 2020.
