Kristan Higgins
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.
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | America |
Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross (BA) |
Period | 2006 - present |
Genre | Romance, contemporary |
Notable awards | RITA award โ Best Contemporary Single Title 2008 Catch of the Day RITA award โ Best Contemporary Single Title 2010 Too Good Too Be True RITA award โ Best Mainstream Fiction 2018 Now That You Mention It |
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Biography
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]
Bibliography
Blue Heron series
- The Best Man. HQN. February 2013. ISBN 9780373777921.
- The Perfect Match. HQN. October 2013. ISBN 9780373778195.
- Waiting on You. HQN. March 2014. ISBN 9780373778584.
- In Your Dreams. HQN. September 2014. ISBN 9780373779314.
- Anything for You. HQN. December 2015. ISBN 9780373789085.
Gideon's Cove, Maine
- Catch of the Day. HQN. October 2007. ISBN 9780373772247.
- The Next Best Thing. HQN. January 2010. ISBN 9780373774388.
- Somebody to Love. HQN. April 2012. ISBN 9780373776580.
Cambry-on-Hudson
Stand-alone novels
- Fools Rush In. HQN. November 2006. ISBN 9780373771097.
- Just One of the Guys. HQN. August 2008. ISBN 9780373772995.
- Too Good To Be True. HQN. February 2009. ISBN 9780373773558.
- All I Ever Wanted. HQN. August 2010. ISBN 9781426864087.
- My One and Only. HQN. March 2011. ISBN 9780373775576.
- Until There Was You. HQN. October 2011. ISBN 9780373776115.
- Now That You Mention It. HQN. December 2017. ISBN 9781525811364.
- Life and Other Inconveniences. Berkeley Books. April 2020.
Awards and reception
- 2008 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Catch of the Day[4]
- 2010 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Too Good To Be True[4]
- 2018 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Mainstream Fiction for Now That You Mention It[4]
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][5]
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".[6]
References
- "About Kristan". Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- "Romance Author, Kristan Higgins | Ann Nyberg's Network Connecticut | Let's Start Talking!". networkconnecticut.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04.
- "Kristan Higgins Book & Series List - FictionDB".
- "myRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". rwa.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- "Kristan Higgins Book & Series List - FictionDB".
- "Fiction Book Review: Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins". 7 August 2018.