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. Recommend to fans of romantic historical fiction, including All the Ways We Said Goodbye (2020).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.
"Harmel's previous historical novels, including The Winemaker's Wife (2019), illuminate heartbreakingly real but forgotten stories from World War II, blended with a dash of suspense and romance, and this does the same. People (20 Best Books to Read this Summer) "A heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism centered on a female forger who risks everything to help Jewish children escape Nazi-occupied France." Fiona Davis, national bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue She shines a brilliant light on those who had their identities erased and lives destroyed, on a country and its people torn apart, and young women like Eva, who risked their lives with everyday acts of epic heroism. Harmel was inspired by the true story of French citizens who fought against evil during WWII with courage and conviction. "Not since "The Nightingale" have I finished a book and been so choked with emotion. This thoughtful work will touch readers with its testament to the endurance of hope." "Harmel brilliantly imagines the life of a young Polish-French Jewish woman during the depths of WWII.Harmel movingly illustrates Eva's courage to risk her own life for others, and all of the characters are portrayed with realistic compassion.
Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday
A riveting historical tale that I devoured in a single sitting." THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES is a fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten. "With meticulous research and an assured hand, Kristin Harmel once again spotlights French Resistance figures of the Second World War, unique heroes whose bravery and immeasurable sacrifices are too often lost to history.
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