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Kristin Harmel
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Kristin Harmel

Kristin Harmel Biography

Kristin grew up in Peabody, Mass.; Worthington, Ohio; and St. Petersburg, Fla., and she graduated with a degree in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from the University of Florida. After spending time living in Paris, she now lives in Orlando, Fla., with her husband and young son.

Kristin Harmel is the international bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amélie and The Sweetness of Forgetting, along with several other novels. Her work has been featured in People, Woman's Day, Men's Health, Runner's World, and Ladies' Home Journal, among many other media outlets.

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Interview

In an extensive Q&A, Kristin Harmel answers questions posed by readers of The Book of Lost Names

In late spring 2021, BookBrowse hosted a discussion of Kristin Harmel's The Book of Lost Names. The author graciously joined us to answer readers' questions:

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The Paris Daughter jacket The Forest of Vanishing Stars jacket The Book of Lost Names jacket The Winemaker's Wife jacket
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    The Mitford Affair
    by Marie Benedict

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