FIVE QUESTIONS WITH KRISTIN HANNAH

Photo Credit: Kevin Lynch Kristin Hannah is one of those writers whose words touch your soul. Whether she’s describing World War II France in the New York Times bestselling book, The Nightingale , or you are on a journey to wilds of Alaska in the 70s and 80s in The Great Alone , which was just released, her characters and their struggles are real and relatable. And with nearly two dozen books to her name, two of which are being made into movies, Kristin has made a solid career of giving readers an insight into powerful characters filled with grit and determination as they deal with life when everything falls apart.
 
When did you first realize you were a storyteller?
 
My family would tell you that it was obvious from the beginning. All you had to do was ask me what a movie was about, and I would spend the next hour giving a scene by scene description and then another hour explaining how it could have been changed to make a better movie. They stopped asking my opinion pretty early on.