Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand (born July 17, 1969) is an American writer, mostly of romance novels. Her novels are typically set on and around Nantucket, where she resides.^[1][2][3] In 2019, New York magazine called Hilderbrand "the queen of beach reads".^[4]

Biography

Hilderbrand was born and raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and was previously a teaching/writing fellow at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.^[5][6] She spent her summers on

Actress Ellen Pompeo has been working with ABC in adapting Hilderbrand's Paradise Trilogy into a TV series where she would star after her departure as the lead on Grey's Anatomy.^[9]

In 1995, Hilderbrand married Chip Cunningham at The Chanticleer in Siasconset, Massachusetts; they divorced in 2015.^[10] They have three children together.^[11] She had a double mastectomy in June 2014.^[12]

Her novel The Perfect Couple will be adapted as a miniseries of the same name by television streaming service Netflix, starring Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, and Dakota Fanning.^[13]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Five-Star Weekend (2023; ISBN 978-0316258777)
• The Hotel Nantucket (2022;
  ISBN 978-0-316-25867-8
  )
• Golden Girl (2021;
  ISBN 978-0-316-42008-2
  )
• Troubles in Paradise (2020;
  ISBN 978-0-316-43558-1
  )
• 28 Summers (2020;
  ISBN 978-0-316-42004-4
  )
• What Happens in Paradise (2020;
  ISBN 978-0-316-43557-4
  )
• Summer of '69 (2019;
  ISBN 978-0-316-42001-3)^[14]
• Winter in Paradise (2018;
  ISBN 978-0-316-43551-2)^[15]
• The Perfect Couple (2018;
  ISBN 978-0-316-37526-9
  )
• Winter Solstice (2017;
  ISBN 978-0-316-43545-1
  )
• The Identicals (2017;
  ISBN 978-1-473-61123-8
  )
• Winter Storms (2016;
  ISBN 978-0-316-44948-9
  )
• Here's To Us (2016;
  ISBN 978-0-316-37514-6
  )
• Winter Stroll (2015;
  ISBN 978-0-316-26113-5
  )
• The Rumor (2015;
  ISBN 978-0-316-33452-5
  )
• Winter Street (2014;
  ISBN 978-0-316-37611-2
  )
• The Matchmaker (2014;
  ISBN 978-0-316-09975-2
  )
• Beautiful Day (2013;
  ISBN 978-0-316-09976-9
  )
• Summerland (2012;
  ISBN 978-0-316-09983-7
  )
• Silver Girl (2011;
  ISBN 978-0-316-09966-0
  )
• The Island (2010;
  ISBN 978-0-316-04387-8
  )
• The Castaways (2009;
  ISBN 978-0-340-91980-4
  )
• A Summer Affair (2008;
  ISBN 978-0-316-01860-9
  )
• Barefoot (2007;
  ISBN 978-0-316-01859-3
  )
• The Love Season (2006;
  ISBN 0-312-36969-7
  )
• The Blue Bistro (2005;
  ISBN 978-0-312-99262-0
  )
• Summer People (2003;
  ISBN 978-0-312-99719-9
• Nantucket Nights (2002;
  ISBN 978-0-312-98976-7
  )
• The Beach Club (2000;
  ISBN 978-0-312-38242-1
  )

• The Sixth Wedding: A 28 Summers Story (2021;
  ISBN 978-0-316-30917-2
  )
• Summer of '79: A Summer of '69 Story (2020;
  ISBN 978-0-316-54180-0
  )
• The Tailgate: An Original Short Story (2014;
  ISBN 978-0-316-37616-7
  )
• The Surfing Lesson: An Original Short Story (2013;
  ISBN 978-0-316-24286-8
  )

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