Kristen Hanna is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than 20 novels,

including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale.

This year celebrates 10 years since the Nightingale's release,

and Kristen is gifting the world with a stunning

10th anniversary edition of this unforgettable novel that is enthralled a generation.

Kristen's latest novel, The Women, revolves around a young nurse who enlist in the Vietnam War

and later returns home, a changed woman. It remains on the New York Times bestseller list more than a year

since its release. Kristen is a former attorney who decided to try her hand at writing a novel

while on bed rest during a difficult pregnancy. She began selling historical romance novels,

but her career changed after she published Firefly Lane, a beloved novel about two best friends.

The novel would go on to be adapted into a hit TV series. Books have been a constant in Kristen's

life and have given her a sense of comfort through difficult times. In fact, it was Kristen's

mother who knew that she was destined to become a writer. Now Kristen has made it her mission

to tell the often-forgotten stories of women in history

and has made her mark on the publishing industry.

I'm Jenna Bush-Hager.

Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna.

Thank you. Kristen, I'm so happy you're here. You are the number one New York Times bestselling author of so many of my favorite books. The Four Winds was a read with Jenna Pick. The women has been an incredible runaway hit Firefly Lane. I mean, I could name

millions of books that have comforted me and inspired me over the last decade. So it's so

amazing that you would be here with me. Well, thank you. You know,

I got to meet your parents several years ago during a book event. And so seeing, you know,

your families and your support for books, it means so much to authors and to readers. And so thank you.

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