Kristan Higgins
| Kristan Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | America |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
| Period | 2006 - present |
| Genre | Romance, contemporary |
| Notable awards |
RITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title 2008 Catch of the Day RITA award – Best Contemporary Single Title 2010 Too Good Too Be True |
| Website | |
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Kristan Higgins is a New York Times bestselling American author of contemporary romance. She is a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title for Catch of the Day in 2008, and Too Good Too Be True in 2010.
Biography
Higgins is from Durham, Connecticut and 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]
Her favorite book is Gone With the Wind which she's read at least fourteen times.[2]
Bibliography
A Blue Heron Novel
- The Best Man. HQN. February 2013 [2013]. ISBN 9780373777921.
- The Perfect Match. HQN. October 2013 [2013]. ISBN 9780373778195.
- Waiting on You. HQN. March 2014 [2014]. ISBN 9780373778584.
- In Your Dreams. HQN. September 2014 [2014]. ISBN 9780373779314.
- Anything for You. HQN. December 2015 [2015]. ISBN 9780373789085.
Gideon's Cove, Maine
- Catch of the Day. HQN. October 2007 [2007]. ISBN 9780373772247.
- Somebody to Love. HQN. April 2012 [2012]. ISBN 9780373776580.
Mackerly, Rhode Island
- The Next Best Thing. HQN. January 2010 [2010]. ISBN 9780373774388.
- Somebody to Love. HQN. April 2012 [2012]. ISBN 9780373776580.
Stand-alone novels
- Fools Rush In. HQN. November 2006 [2006]. ISBN 9780373771097.
- Just One of the Guys. HQN. August 2008 [2008]. ISBN 9780373772995.
- Too Good To Be True. HQN. February 2009 [2009]. ISBN 9780373773558.
- All I Ever Wanted. HQN. August 2010 [2010]. ISBN 9781426864087.
- My One and Only. HQN. March 2011 [2011]. ISBN 9780373775576.
- Until There Was You. HQN. October 2011 [2011]. ISBN 9780373776115.
- If You Only Knew. HQN. August 2015 [2015]. ISBN 9780373784974.
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]
Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and received numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus and Romantic Times. She is a four-time nominee for The Kirkus Prize for best work of fiction.[1][5]
Romantic Times calls Higgins "the master of small-town romance".[6]
References
- 1 2 http://www.kristanhiggins.com/KH-Bio.html
- 1 2 http://networkconnecticut.com/2014/03/romance-author-kristan-higgins/
- ↑ http://www.fictiondb.com/author/author.php?authorid=40707
- 1 2 "myRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". rwa.org. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.fictiondb.com/author/kristan-higgins~book-awards~40707.htm
- ↑ http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=14257