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Katherine Center

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BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Bodyguard, Hello Stranger, Things You Save in a Fire, and her summer 2024 book, The Rom-Commers. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books: bittersweet romantic comedies about how life knocks us down—and how we get back up. She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” The Netflix movie adaptation of her novel Happiness for Beginners—starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes—just hit the Global Top Ten in 81 countries, and the mov
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Katherine Center Thank you so much for asking!! I am a huge fan of Helen and Jake, too. I haven't thought about doing a sequel for those two specifically, but I HAVE t…moreThank you so much for asking!! I am a huge fan of Helen and Jake, too. I haven't thought about doing a sequel for those two specifically, but I HAVE thought about writing a story for Duncan! I kind of fell in love with Duncan while I was writing that story (I originally thought he'd be a very minor character, but he was just so hilarious and frustrating and sweet and goofy that I couldn't resist him). I'd love to see what he's up to these days!! :) (less)
Katherine Center HI Ann!!! You are very kind! Thank you! The short answer to your question is: Yes! I am lucky to be married to a guy who is possibly the funniest pers…moreHI Ann!!! You are very kind! Thank you! The short answer to your question is: Yes! I am lucky to be married to a guy who is possibly the funniest person ever, and we joke around constantly--just teasing each other and cracking jokes and bantering. Of all the different elements of a story, dialogue is by far the easiest for me to write. Once I've spent even just a few minutes with the characters in whatever situation they're in, I just start to "hear" them talking. It really just happens on its own. It's like taking dictation. They talk, and I type what they say. Not every aspect of writing is that easy for me. I work much harder—in a way that actually feels like work—on the overall structure of the story and the character arcs and figuring out how the storylines build, and play off each other, and intersect. But the dialogue? It just kind of happens like magic, and getting to write it is one of the great joys in my life. :)(less)
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The Bodyguard

3.93 avg rating — 470,255 ratings — published 2022 — 53 editions
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The Rom-Commers

4.04 avg rating — 262,849 ratings — published 2024 — 31 editions
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Things You Save in a Fire

4.01 avg rating — 194,968 ratings — published 2019 — 28 editions
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Hello Stranger

3.92 avg rating — 196,086 ratings — published 2023 — 29 editions
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The Love Haters

3.79 avg rating — 171,976 ratings — published 2025 — 25 editions
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How to Walk Away

4.08 avg rating — 132,378 ratings — published 2018 — 50 editions
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Happiness for Beginners

4.02 avg rating — 88,377 ratings — published 2015 — 36 editions
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The Shippers

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What You Wish For

3.75 avg rating — 79,693 ratings — published 2020
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The Lost Husband

3.82 avg rating — 27,009 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions
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The SHIPPERS – BOOK TOUR!

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KATHERINE CENTER is heading out on a coast-to-coast book tour for The Shippers from mid-May to mid-June! This tour has a little bit of everything—with stops on the U.S. east coast, west coast, upper midwest, south, and, of course, as always, a whole lotta Texas!

 

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The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
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"This book will make you cry, laugh and maybe get a little upset

Katherine, you make me want to read EVERYTHING you write! You’re such an amazing writer! Thank you for writing this book. You made me cry, laugh and get mad at the main male character😂 b" Read more of this review »
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"This book was surprisingly good! Made me happy and heart hurt at all the right spots which is good considering the name of the book is the romcomers"
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“In my defense, though-how do you even begin to solve…your entire personality? Get into therapy? Confront your absentee father? Join a fight club?”
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“I’m telling you you’re my favorite person on this overcrowded earth. I’m telling you that I loved you my whole life long. I’m telling you I’ve had my own Operation Conquest going this whole time. And the person I was trying to conquer… was you.”
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HI! I think it's not in the hardcover of the book, but it *is* in the paperback version!! (Normally the author's notes are in the hardcover, too, but on that book it got left out by accident!) Thank you for asking!! :)
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“When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else.”
― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away

“I had a theory that we gravitate toward the stories we need in life. Whatever we are looking for- adventure, excitement, emotion, connection-we turn to stories that help us find it. Whatever questions we’re struggling with- sometimes ones so deep, we don’t even really know we’re asking them- we look for answers in stories.”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

“Choosing to love—despite all the ways that people let you down, and disappear, and break your heart. Knowing everything we know about how hard life is and choosing to love, anyway.. That’s not weakness, that’s courage.”
― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire

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“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.”
― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners

“Barni loved talking about the dresses. "Aren't they huge? I've just always been this way," she said, twirling a little. "Just born healthy, I guess."

Oh, God. I hated her so much.”
― Katherine Center, Get Lucky

“Courage is contagious. My friend Katherine Center says, "You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodies from years of living- a trail of life left on them. Evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they are.”
― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful
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