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Kristy Woodson Harvey

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Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of eleven novels including A Happier Life, The Summer of Songbirds, and The Peachtree Bluff Series. Many of her books have been optioned or are in development for television and film and have received numerous accolades, including Good Morning America’s Buzz Pick, Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Reads, Katie Couric’s Featured Books, and Joanna Garcia Swisher’s The Happy Place Read. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize.

A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of journalism, her writi
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Kristy Woodson Harvey Hi, Dawn! Thank you! I appreciate that so much. Believe it or not, writing a book was kind of a random idea! I think I wanted to see if I could do it,…moreHi, Dawn! Thank you! I appreciate that so much. Believe it or not, writing a book was kind of a random idea! I think I wanted to see if I could do it, and I'm so glad I did because I discovered a real passion. I was very fortunate to sign with an agent fairly quickly (I used Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents to find the right fit). But the editor who ended up buying this book actually found it because she was the judge for a writing contest I entered! I learned that you have to do whatever you can to get yourself out there and meet people, especially when you're like me and you don't know anyone in the publishing world! Thanks for the great question, Dawn. Kristy(less)
Kristy Woodson Harvey Hi Megan! Thank you so much for all your kind words! Slightly South of Simple is the first book in a series. The Secret to Southern Charm is slated to…moreHi Megan! Thank you so much for all your kind words! Slightly South of Simple is the first book in a series. The Secret to Southern Charm is slated to release April 3, 2018, and I can't wait to share more about the Peachtree Bluff ladies with you! Thanks so much for asking and thanks for reading. I appreciate it so much! (less)
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As Summer Comes to an End… Photo by Sean on Unsplash Little Will is back in school, and I am back to the writing desk working on my 2026 novels. (Yes, I said novel(s)!!) BUT, you guys, we still have like 19 days left of summer, and I am hanging onto every one! I’m cooking...

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“You can never have too many people who love you.”
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Dear Carolina

“But death, as in birth, never comes at a convenient time. No matter how prepared you are that the moment is nigh, no matter how anticipatory you have been, there is never a moment where the realization that this it it, my life is changed forever, doesn't come as a bit of a shock.”
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Lies and Other Acts of Love

“Life, we had been instructed, was as much about surrender as it was about control.”
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Slightly South of Simple

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“some point over the years, our children suddenly decide that they have free rein to parent us. It starts slowly. A comment here, a suggestion there. And then they take over, fully and completely, as though you didn’t do a perfectly fine job raising them in the first place.”
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“No. It made no sense at all. But she was a widow now. A bona fide, alone-in-the-world, parentless widow at that. She was entitled to go a bit crazy, if only for a little while. She opened the”
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