Her Story: Kristin Hannah

  • Born in 1960, Southern California.
  • Moved to Washington and pursued law.
  • Wrote a historical fiction with her mother.
  • Actually published the novel in 1991.
  • Has since written 23 novels and has won the National Reader’s Choice Award.

Famous Works:

The Nightingale

The Great Alone

Winter Garden

Firefly Lane

Night Road

Themes & Topics:

  • Women’s Resistance involvement in significant world events  
  • Historically Events – The Untold Stories of WWII

 

  • Family Relationship
  • Loss
  • Sacrifice
  • Perseverance
  • Courage
  • War and Destruction
  • Selflessness
  • Love

“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”