Kristin Harmel
Nascido: May 04, 1979 – Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Kristin Harmel is an American novelist whose work focuses on historical fiction, especially World War II–era stories of identity, family, memory, and survival. She is best known for The Book of Lost Names and The Winemaker’s Wife, and her novels have become international bestsellers translated into numerous languages.
Biografia e Jornada do Autor
Kristin Harmel built her career in layers: precocious journalist, magazine writer, media contributor, and ultimately one of the better-known contemporary writers of World War II–centered historical fiction. Born outside Boston in 1979, she spent parts of her childhood in Massachusetts, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. She wrote stories from early childhood, began working professionally at 16 as a Tampa Bay sportswriter covering major league teams, and later studied journalism, with a minor in Spanish, at the University of Florida. After college she reported primarily for PEOPLE magazine, contributed to other national magazines, appeared on The Daily Buzz, and sold her first novel in 2004; her debut was published in 2006. ((https://kristinharmel.com/author/))
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"Kristin Harmel writes with such insight and heart that her characters will stay with you long after you've finished her books"
— Emily Giffin
"Kristin Harmel is firmly in the top echelon of WWII storytellers"
— Heather Morris
"Kristin Harmel's novels are written with a lot of heart and soul"
— SheKnows Book Lounge
"Kristin Harmel is a master at spectacularly immersive historical fiction"
— Patti Callahan
"Kristin Harmel has a rare ability to touch the heart"
— Hazel Gaynor
"Kristin Harmel's work is always riveting but her storytelling reaches new heights with a tale that is layered, complex, and satisfying to the last page"
— Michelle Gable
"Kristin Harmel's superpower is the emotional punch she packs into her vast repertoire of beautifully crafted historical fiction"
— Lisa Barr
"Author Kristin Harmel does a magnificent job of telling this saga of one family's search for understanding"
— Fresh Fiction
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