KATHERINE CENTE R is the New York Times bestselling author of laugh-and-cry novels about love and family, including How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and Happiness for Beginners. The movie
adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband hit #1 on Netflix, and her books have made many best-of lists.
She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron. The Dallas Morning News calls her stories
“satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way,” and BookPage calls her “the reigning queen of comfort
reads.” Katherine lives in Houston with her husband and two kids. Visit her website—and join her mailing
list—at katherinecenter.com.
BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s the
New York Times bestselling author of over half a dozen books, including
How to Walk Away,
Things You Save in a Fire, and
What You Wish For. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books 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, Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2019, Goodreads' Best Books of the Year, and many more. Bestselling author Emily Henry calls her summer 2022 book,
The Bodyguard, “a shot of pure joy.” The movie adaptation of Katherine’s novel
The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix, and her novel
Happiness for Beginners is now a Netflix original starring Ellie Kemper. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.