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GBH is excited to present award-winning author Kristin Hannah at February’s virtual Beyond the Page event. Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author of 20 novels including Firefly Lane (2008), The Nightingale (2015), The Great Alone (2017) and The Four Winds (2021).<br/><br/>Hannah will share her insights on writing, editing and more during this conversational Q&A. She has over 30 years of writing experience and is also excited to discuss her newest book The Women.<br/><br/>Set to release on February 6, The Women follows 20-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath during the turbulent, transformative era of 1960s America as she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps to follow her brother to war. The story reveals how America, and herself, have changed when she returns.<br/><br/>Bring any questions you might have about Hannah’s books, writing style, process, or general questions about writing and publishing!<br/><
The idea to write about nurses in combat zones in the Vietnam War came easy, novelist Kristin Hannah says.
The writing? Not so much.
"The Vietnam War was such a shadow across my childhood," Hannah say.