Kristin Hannah facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Kristin Hannah
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| Born | September 25, 1960 California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1991–present |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable works | The Nightingale, The Great Alone, The Women |
Kristin Hannah (born September 25, 1960) 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.
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.
Hannah's best-selling work, The Nightingale, has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide and has been published in 45 languages.
Hannah lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with her husband and their son.
Film and TV
Four of Hannah's novels have been optioned for films: Home Front, The Nightingale, The Great Alone, and The Women.
Firefly Lane was turned into a Netflix original series, starring Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl, which premiered on February 3, 2021.
See also
In Spanish: Kristin Hannah para niños
