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Katherine Sherar Pannill Center (born March 4, 1972) is an American author of contemporary fiction. Early life and education Center was born and raised in Afton Oaks, Houston, Texas. She graduated from St. John's School and from Vassar College. She won the Vassar College Fiction Prize while a student. She received her M.A. in fiction from the University of Houston, where she was the co-editor of the literary fiction magazine, Gulf Coast. Her graduate thesis, Peepshow, a collection of stories, was a finalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. She has two sisters, one of whom is U.S. Representative Lizzie Fletcher. Career Center is the author of several books, which she has called "bittersweet comic novels." Her first novel, The Bright Side of Disaster (2006), was optioned by Varsity Pictures, and her sixth, How to Walk Away (2018), was a New York Times bestseller and Book of the Month Club pick for May 2018 and a Target Book Club pick for July 2019. Center's 2019 novel Things You Save in a Fire was New York Times bestseller, and a Book of the Month Club pick for July 2019. Her 2022 novel, The Bodyguard debuted at #11 on the New York Times bestseller list, #35 on the USA Today bestseller list, and it was a Book of the Month Club pick for July 2022. Along with Jeffrey Toobin and Douglas Brinkley, Center was one of the speakers at the 2007 Houston Chronicle Book and Author Dinner. Center has published essays in Real Simple and the anthologies Because I Love Her, CRUSH: 26 Real-Life Tales of First Love, and My Parents Were Awesome. Center also makes video essays, one of which, a letter to her daughter about motherhood, became the very popular Defining a Movement video for the Mom 2.0 conference. Center spoke at the 2018 TEDx Bend. Her talk was called "We Need to Teach Boys to Read Stories About Girls". Film In 2020, a film adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband was released starring Leslie Bibb and Josh Duhamel. It hit number one on Netflix in August of 2020 and wound up in their top 25 movies for the year. In 2021, a film adaptation of her 2015 novel, Happiness For Beginners was filmed for Netflix starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes for release in 2023. It hit Netflix's global Top 10 in 81 different countries around the world. Books The Bright Side of Disaster (2006) Everyone is Beautiful (2009) Get Lucky (2010) The Lost Husband (2013) Happiness for Beginners (2015) How to Walk Away (2018) Things You Save in a Fire (2019) What You Wish For (2020) The Bodyguard (2022) Hello, Stranger (2023) References External links Katherine Center's website Random House profile MacMillan author page IMDB listing. Discover the Katherine Center popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Katherine Center books.
Best Seller Katherine Center Books of 2024
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The Second First Chance
Mona Shroff"Striking a perfect balance between drama and romance, this is sure to please."Publishers WeeklyThe Second First Chance is a big, wonderful, messy love story about family, hea...
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The Lost Husband
Katherine CenterA tender and heartwarming novel that explores the trials of losing what matters mostand how there’s always more than we can imagine left to findfrom the New York Times be...
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Birding with Benefits
Sarah T. DubbA divorcee embarks on her “year of yes” and crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who changes her life in this charming romcom that is perfect for fans of Christina La...
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Everyone Is Beautiful
Katherine CenterA hugely entertaining, poignant, and charming novel about what happens after happily ever afterfrom the New York Timesbestselling author of How to Walk Away and ...
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The Love Contract
Steph VizardCan she (pretend to) love her neighbour?An awardwinning modern romcom for all fans of fake dating, enemiestolovers stories.I didn't know the guy next door. And given he was now my ...
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The Bright Side of Disaster
Katherine CenterA new mother must adjust to a life she never asked forand learns that sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you’ve been waiting forin this spirited novel from t...
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Center Stage
Katharine HolabirdJoin everyone’s favorite dancing mouse Angelina Ballerina as she choreographs an enchanting dance recital in this adorable 8x8 storybook!It’s almost time for the spring recital! Bu...
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Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Invisible Girl and The Truth About Melody Browne comes a “riveting” (PopSugar) and “acutely observed famil...
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The Museum of Forgotten Memories
Anstey Harris“Moving.” Booklist (starred review) At Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, where the animals never age but time takes its toll, one woman must find the courage to overcome the g...
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Get Lucky
Katherine CenterHow do you change your luck? A young woman chooses to look for happiness in this marvelously entertaining and poignant novel from the New York Times bestselling author of...
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Under Your Spell
Laura WoodThe daughter of an aging rock star finds herself working for the hottest musician on the planet and is shocked when sparks start to flyespecially since she swore she’d never, ever ...
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A Song for the Road
Kathleen BasiCheryl Strayed's Wild meets Katherine Center's How to Walk Away in Kathleen Basi's debut novel about an unconventional road trip and what it means to honor the ones we love.It's on...
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Before I Saw You
Emily Houghton“A charming pageturner” (Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop) for fans of Close Enough to Touch and Me Before You about two patients who fall in love as they recover from traum...