BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including The Bodyguard, How to Walk Away, and Things You Save in a Fire. Her summer 2023 book is Hello Stranger. Katherine’s novel Happiness for Beginners just opened as a Netflix original movie (starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes), and the movie adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix in 2020. Katherine writes deep, laugh-and-cry rom-coms 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.” Her books have made countless Best-Of lists, including RealSimple’s Best Books of 2020, Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, and many more. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.