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Join bestselling author Kristin Harmel in conversation with Hindel Levitin for a virtual discussion of her new novel, Meet Me in Paris.
Set over one unforgettable week in Paris, the novel follows a group of Americans whose lives intersect in surprising ways. As love stories unfold across generations, characters confront loss, second chances, and the possibility of new beginnings in the City of Light. From a mother and daughter trying to make the most of their final trip together to an aging songwriter searching for a lost love from World War II, their stories weave together in unexpected and moving ways.
Kristin Harmel is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of numerous historical novels, including The Book of Lost Names and The Paris Daughter. She joins us virtually to discuss her writing, research, and the inspiration behind her latest novel.
Biography: Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling, USA Today bestselling, and #1 international bestselling author of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, The Paris Daughter, The Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker’s Wife, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into more than 35 languages and are sold all over the world. Many of her novels have been optioned for film and television. Her latest, Meet Me in Paris, is coming in August 2026.
Kristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida. In addition to a long magazine writing career, primarily writing and reporting for PEOPLE magazine (as well as articles published in numerous other magazines, including American Baby, Men’s Health, Woman’s Day, and more), Kristin was also a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz. Her first novel was published in February 2006.
Kristin was born just outside Boston, Massachusetts and spent her childhood there, as well as in Worthington, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating with a degree in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from the University of Florida, she spent time living in Paris and Los Angeles and now lives in Orlando, with her husband and son. A breast cancer survivor, she is also the co-founder and co-host of the popular weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction scene that turns deadly.
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