
Hannah Nicole Maehrer is a fantasy romance author and BookToker known for turning her viral Villains-and-Assistants TikTok skits into the Assistant to the Villain series, including Assistant to the Villain, Apprentice to the Villain, and Accomplice to the Villain. Her breakout debut became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. ((https://titanbooks.com/creators/hannah-nicole-maehrer/?utm_source=openai))
Hannah Nicole Maehrer grew up in Pennsylvania, where Disney films, fairy-tale logic, and long stretches of private storytelling fed an early attraction to fantasy. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Long before publication, writing appears to have been a steady ambition rather than a late career pivot; in interviews, she has described authorship as something she had planned since childhood and has spoken about writing from a young age. That blend of imaginative play, emotional attentiveness, and interest in human behavior would become central to the tone of her fiction. ((https://www.penguin.de/autoren/hannah-nicole-maehrer/750096?utm_source=openai))
"Hannah Nicole Maehrer, a rising fantasy romance author and BookToker"
— Deadline ((
"The real draw is the humor and slow-burn attraction, clearly author Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s strong suit"
— Common Sense Media ((
"Hannah Nicole Maehrer, who famously turned a popular, quarantine-era TikTok skit into a series of New York Times bestsellers"
— Parade ((
"Debut author Maehrer’s TikTok series–turned–novel follows Evie, a chirpy personal assistant who catches the eye of her boss"
— Library Journal ((
"A careful elastic band stretching between dynamic characters and leaving readers aching for more is Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s twisted specialty"
— Local News ((
"Maehrer presents a fantasy romance novel about a very bad man and his very good employee"
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