Kate on the other hand, with high water jeans and glasses, was an unknown geek. Tully Hart, with her halter tops and make-up was a very cool girl in school. Kristin Hannah’s Fly Away is about two teenagers in the seventies- Kate and Tully Hart who were inseparable. Her book, Firefly Lane, became one of the bestsellers in 2009, a touchstone work of fiction that brought many women together. Moreover, she feels really blessed to be a mother, a wife, and an author. In all those years between then and now, Kristin has never lost her enthusiasm for telling stories. In 1990, Kristin Hannah got a call, and in that instant, she went from a mother to a professional author. The draft was rejected, but every rejection just encouraged her to try harder. By the time she gave birth, she had finished her first draft and was very fascinated with it. That is when her husband reminded her of the books she had started with her mother. By the time she conceived, she would read each book in the house and later asked her husband for the cereal boxes to read. After her mother’s death, Kristin packed up all bits and pieces of research they had composed and put them in her closet.

They collaborated on a tale for the next couple of months. Kristin was surprised to find out that her mother thought she would become an author. She was in her third and final year of Law school and her mother was in the sickbay facing the end of her battle with cancer. “You are going to be an author” are the farsighted words she never forgot from her mother. Her work of fiction, Home Front, was optioned for film by 1492 films. Kristin has sold more than twenty novels including True Colors, the epic Firefly Lane and Winter Garden. She grew up in Washington where she graduated from Law school, and then practiced Law in Seattle before becoming a permanent author. After working in a stylish advertising organization, Kristin Hannah decided to go to Law school. She is an award winning and best-selling American author, who has won several awards, including the Maggie, the Golden Heart and the National Reader’s Choice award. After turning eight, Kristin’s father took the family to western Washington.

She grew up at Southern California’s beach, surfing and making sand castles. Kristin Hannah was born on September 1960 in Southern California.

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