Working for the rich folks
When I was in my early twenties, I had a lovely job at a small museum. I did a variety of things from managing the volunteer corps,...
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KRISTAN HIGGINS
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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Kristan Higgins
Dec 13, 2015
That special holiday hell
As you may know from past posts, I’m not a great giver of gifts, especially at Christmas. There was that dog toy shaped like a remote...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 6, 2015
Little sibs
In ANYTHING FOR YOU, both the hero and heroine have significantly younger siblings. Jessica has Davey, seven years younger, and Connor...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 29, 2015
Yet another yoga class
This will never happen to my body, but hey. I want to like yoga. I do. It’s just that I hate it. All the indecipherable pose names that...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 22, 2015
That other life
Having come back from sunny San Diego, I’ve pictured a different sort of life for myself. Because I’m a writer, I’ve put my imagination...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 15, 2015
Wish you were here
Am fast becoming addicted to these sunsets. I love to travel, as you probably know. I think there’s nothing I can do that better...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 8, 2015
Observations from 26,000 Feet
Yeah, right. We are still on the runway an hour after boarding at 8:07 a.m. today. The woman next to me has been asleep almost since the...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 1, 2015
The String Method
I wasn’t QUITE this adorable. Also, I had crooked bangs. Close enough. When I was five, my first tooth became loose, a common enough...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 25, 2015
Winter is coming
I was watching Blade Runner the other night with Dearest Son. The movie is set in 2019, and once again, technology has sadly failed us....
Kristan Higgins
Oct 18, 2015
The idea
Some books come easily. An idea pops into my head. Sometimes, it’s a character, often based on a face (Tom Hiddleston, I’m looking at...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 4, 2015
Maternal recognition
You know those mothers who just sense when their child is near? My mom is not one of them. No, she is completely unable to hear or...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 27, 2015
The Universe of Fair
Today, I went to our town’s fair, the biggest agricultural in the state. It’s great—cows and chickens and baby goats and giant donuts and...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 20, 2015
The greatest love of all
This weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Pockets, this overjoyed cat. No, seriously, the cat was very happy. Apparently, Pockets’...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 13, 2015
Beauty Tricks!
Based on the number of hours and dollars I’ve spent in the beauty aisle of CVS, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Target, and every department store...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 6, 2015
Book Tour
At Schuler’s Books in Michigan Just a quick blog this week, gang, to say a huge, mushy, heartfelt thanks to all of you who made IF YOU...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 30, 2015
Got everything?
I’m on a book tour this week, gang—Michigan, St. Louis, and Georgia, with Phoenix, Natick, MA, and Fairfield, CT to come the week after....
Kristan Higgins
Aug 23, 2015
The Bittersweets
It’s a big week for me, gang! If You Only Knew comes out on Tuesday, and I’m dying for you to read it (and a little nervous, too). My...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 16, 2015
The Dress
Jenny Tate, one of the sisters in If You Only Knew, is a wedding dress designer. Honestly, can you imagine how fun that would be?...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 9, 2015
Why my children actually became black-belts
Oh, Hiddles, how I adore you! Leo Killian, the hero of IF YOU ONLY KNEW teaches piano. Children love him, mothers bring him pies, Jenny,...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 2, 2015
That slightly tragic air
Here’s a secret: I imagine being widowed all the time. Don’t worry. McIrish knows. He understands. First, he’s a firefighter, so he puts...
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