Kristan Higgins

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Kristan Higgins
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerica
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross (BA)
Period2006–present
GenreRomance, contemporary
Notable awardsRITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title
2008 Catch of the Day
RITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title
2010 Too Good Too Be True
RITA award – Best Mainstream Fiction
2018 Now That You Mention It
Website
www.kristanhiggins.com

Kristan Higgins is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling American author of humorous contemporary romance. She is a three-time winner of Romance Writers of America's RITA Award and a five-time nominee for the Kirkus Prize for Best Work of Fiction.

Biography[edit]

Higgins is from Durham, Connecticut. Before writing, she worked in advertising and public relations. She lives with her firefighter husband and two children in Connecticut.[1][2] She holds a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross.[3] In her spare time, Kristan enjoys gardening, mixology, and visiting the National Parks. She prides herself on being overly helpful to strangers.[4]

Bibliography[edit]

Blue Heron series[edit]

  1. The Best Man. HQN. February 2013. ISBN 9780373777921.
  2. The Perfect Match. HQN. October 2013. ISBN 9780373778195.
  3. Waiting on You. HQN. March 2014. ISBN 9780373778584.
  4. In Your Dreams. HQN. September 2014. ISBN 9780373779314.
  5. Anything for You. HQN. December 2015. ISBN 9780373789085.

Gideon's Cove, Maine[edit]

  1. Catch of the Day. HQN. October 2007. ISBN 9780373772247.
  2. The Next Best Thing. HQN. January 2010. ISBN 9780373774388.
  3. Somebody to Love. HQN. April 2012. ISBN 9780373776580.

Cambry-on-Hudson[edit]

  1. If You Only Knew. HQN. August 2015. ISBN 9780373784974.
  2. On Second Thought. HQN. January 2017. ISBN 9780373789252.
  3. Good Luck with That. Berkley. August 2018. ISBN 978-0-451-48939-5.

Stand-alone novels[edit]

Awards and reception[edit]

  • 2008 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Catch of the Day[5]
  • 2010 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Too Good To Be True[5]
  • 2018 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Mainstream Fiction for Now That You Mention It[5]

Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages and received numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus and Romantic Times. She is a five-time nominee for The Kirkus Prize for best work of fiction.[1][6]

Romantic Times calls Higgins "the master of small-town romance".

Library Journal calls Higgins "the funniest author out there."

Publishers Weekly cited On Second Thought as being written with "uncommon grace and empathy".[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Kristan". Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  2. ^ "Romance Author, Kristan Higgins | Ann Nyberg's Network Connecticut | Let's Start Talking!". networkconnecticut.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04.
  3. ^ "Kristan Higgins Book & Series List - FictionDB".
  4. ^ "Kristan Higgins". kristanhiggins.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ^ a b c "myRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". rwa.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Kristan Higgins Book & Series List - FictionDB".
  7. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins". 7 August 2018.

External links[edit]

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