Kristin Hannah

Kristin was born in September 1960 in Southern California and grew up at the beach, making sand castles and playing in the surf. When I was eight years old, my father drove us to Western Washington where we called home. After working in a trendy advertising agency, I decided to go to law school. "But ... (more)you're going to be a writer" are the prophetic words I will never forget from my mother. I was in my third-and final-year of law school and my mom was in the hospital, facing the end of her long battle with cancer. I was shocked to discover that she believed I would become a writer. For the next few months, we collaborated on the worst, most clichéd historical romance ever written. After my mom's death, I packed up all those bits and pieces of paper we'd collected and put them in a box in the back of my closet. I got married and continued practicing law. Then I found out I was pregnant, but was on bed rest for five months. By the time I'd read every book in the house and started asking my husband for cereal boxes to read, I knew I was a goner. That's when my darling husband reminded me of the book I'd started with my mom. I pulled out the boxes of research material, dusted them off and began writing. By the time my son was born, I'd finished a first draft and found an obsession. The rejections came, of course, and they stung for a while, but each one really just spurred me to try harder, work more. In 1990, I got "the call," and in that moment, I went from a young mother with a cooler-than-average hobby to a professional writer, and I've never looked back. In all the years between then and now, I have never lost my love of, or my enthusiasm for, telling stories. I am truly blessed to be a wife, a mother, and a writer. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770.978.5154.

Kristin Hannah is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen novels, including the blockbusters Firefly Lane, True Colors, and Winter Garden. Hannah will visit Gwinnett to kick off her national book tour to promote her new book Night Road. This book may well be Kristin’s most powerful novel ... (more)yet, one that takes her writing into distinctly new territory and touches on several hot-button issues that are critically important to women’s lives. The novel delivers an emotional, morally-challenging story that is by turns heartbreaking and redemptive – and offers a vivid portrait of grief, loss, and forgiveness. The event is free and open to the public. Eagle Eye Book Shop ( http://eagleeyebooks.com/ ) will have books available for purchase and signing at the event. (Talk and signing 4/1 at the Atlanta Marriott Norcross, 475 Technology Pkwy, Norcross at 7:00 p.m. in conjunction with the Gwinnett County Library System and hosted by Eagle Eye Books. Book clubs are invited to a special pre-event at the Marriott: RSVP to Sarah.Goldstein@StMartins.com )

After the death of her mother and a string of foster homes, Lexi Baill is taken in by a great-aunt who lives a Spartan life near Seattle. Despite financial problems, the two are glad to have found each other, and though Lexi resolves to stay safely on the periphery at her new high school, she meets Mia, ... (more)unhappy and awkward despite a solid family, a loving twin brother, Zach, and a closetful of clothes. The friendship flourishes as Mia's mother, Jude, draws Lexi into the family circle. Trouble begins with a growing attraction between Zach and Lexi, who take pains to make Mia comfortable with the change in the dynamics. This familiar story takes an unforgettable turn when Lexi, Mia, and Zach make a bad decision that results in tragedy. Years later, a reckoning is demanded and Jude must face the woman Lexi has become. Kristin Hannah is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen novels, including the blockbusters Firefly Lane, True Colors, and Winter Garden.

Join the Women Who Love to Read as they discuss FIREFLY LANE by Kristen Hannah. All of our books clubs are free and open to the public and enjoy benefits such as free book galleys and a 20% discount on the next month's selection. Join the fun!

Bestselling author Kristin Hannah will be reading from and signing copies of her new book, True Colors. True Colors is an unforgettable novel about sisters, rivalry, forgiveness, redemption---and ultimately, what it means to be a family.

In True Colors, New York Times-bestselling author Kristin Hannah tells of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, passion, and betrayal.

Bestselling author Kristin Hannah will be reading from and signing copies of her new book, True Colors. True Colors is an unforgettable novel about sisters, rivalry, forgiveness, redemption---and ultimately, what it means to be a family.

TRUE COLORS Join us in celebrating the release of Bainbridge Island best-selling author Kristin Hannah's seventeenth novel, which revolves around the complex and abiding ties between three sisters in the small Washington town of Oyster Shores. The death of their mother plunges the sisters into difficult ... (more)emotional relationships both with each other and with their father in this engrossing, fast-paced story of love, rivalry and community. Hannah's previous book, Firefly Lane, newly out in paperback, proved to be a favorite among book groups, and this one promises to be as well. Our Mary Gleysteen says, "This is a sassy read with substance and some very memorable characters."