Kristan Higgins


Kristan Higgins is an American writer. She 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

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. She holds a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross.

Blue Heron series

  5. Gideon's Cove, Maine

  8. Cambry-on-Hudson

  11. Stand-alone novels

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.
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".