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Kristin Harmel

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Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling and #1 international bestselling author of THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES, THE WINEMAKER'S WIFE, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into numerous languages and sold all over the world.

A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine, Kristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late 1990s. After stints covering health and lifestyle for American Baby, Men’s Health, and Woman’s Day, she became a reporter for PEOPLE and spent more than a decade working for the publication, covering everything from the Super Bowl to high-profile murders to celeb Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling and #1 international bestselling author of THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES, THE WINEMAKER'S WIFE, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into numerous languages and sold all over the world.

A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine, Kristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late 1990s. After stints covering health and lifestyle for American Baby, Men’s Health, and Woman’s Day, she became a reporter for PEOPLE and spent more than a decade working for the publication, covering everything from the Super Bowl to high-profile murders to celebrity interviews with the likes of Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, OutKast, Justin Timberlake, and Patrick Dempsey. Her favorite stories at PEOPLE, however, were the “Heroes Among Us” features—tales of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. One of those features—the story of Holocaust-survivor-turned-philanthropist Henri Landwirth (whom both Walter Cronkite and John Glenn told Kristin was the most amazing person they’d ever known)—partially inspired Kristin’s 2012 novel, The Sweetness of Forgetting, which was a bestseller all over the world.

In addition to a long magazine writing career (which also included articles published in Travel + Leisure, Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and more), Kristin was also a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz—where her assignments included flying to London three times to interview the cast of the Harry Potter films. She has appeared on Good Morning America and numerous local television morning shows--and even stumbled into a role as an extra in the 2003 American Idol movie while awaiting an interview with Kelly Clarkson.

Kristin was born just outside Boston, Massachusetts and spent her childhood there, as well as in Columbus, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating with a degree in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from the University of Florida, she spent time living in Paris and Los Angeles and now lives in Orlando, with her husband and young son. She travels frequently to France for book research (and—let’s be honest—for the pastries and wine) and writes a book a year for Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster.

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Average rating: 4.29 · 545,889 ratings · 50,403 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Book of Lost Names 4.43 avg rating — 224,931 ratings — published 2020 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forest of Vanishing Stars 4.26 avg rating — 77,676 ratings — published 2021 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winemaker's Wife 4.22 avg rating — 77,934 ratings — published 2019 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Paris Daughter 4.24 avg rating — 50,376 ratings — published 2023 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Room on Rue Amelie 4.20 avg rating — 38,631 ratings — published 2018 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sweetness of Forgetting 4.22 avg rating — 34,041 ratings — published 2012 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Meet Again 4.19 avg rating — 12,456 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life Intended 4.12 avg rating — 12,522 ratings — published 2014 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Italian for Beginners 3.75 avg rating — 3,151 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of French Kissing 3.69 avg rating — 2,640 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Notre-Dame de Paris will rise again

As I sat yesterday in paralyzed horror watching Notre-Dame de Paris burn, I couldn’t help but think of another Notre Dame—Notre-Dame de Reims, the largest cathedral in the Champagne region of France—and the thought gave me hope. That’s because the Reims cathedral, which looks remarkably similar and was built in the same style (French Gothic) and era (Ground was broken in Paris in the year 1163, in Read more of this blog post »

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“Once you’ve fallen in love with books, their presence can make you feel at home anywhere, even in places where you shouldn’t belong.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

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“He had taught her to love reading, one of the greatest gifts a parent could give a child, and in doing so, he had opened the world to her.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

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“But we aren’t defined by the names we carry or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads. I know that now. We’re defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.”
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December BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto Final Poll

What Lies Between Us

by John Marrs

8 votes, 21.1%

The Book of Lost Names

by Kristin Harmel

8 votes, 21.1%

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

7 votes, 18.4%

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

4 votes, 10.5%

The Wives

by Tarryn Fisher

3 votes, 7.9%

Blackberry & Wild Rose

by Sonia Velton

3 votes, 7.9%

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

2 votes, 5.3%

Daughter of Fortune

by Isabel Allende

2 votes, 5.3%

Elevator Pitch

by Linwood Barclay

1 vote, 2.6%

Girl, Serpent, Thorn

by Melissa Bashardoust

0 votes, 0.0%

38 total votes

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