
Kristin talks about her latest novel the New York Times bestseller The Book of Lost Names, the research she did regarding the forgery of documents during World War 2, writing about ordinary people who rise up to do extraordinary things, the large number ...
Kristin talks about her latest novel the New York Times bestseller The Book of Lost Names, the research she did regarding the forgery of documents during World War 2, writing about ordinary people who rise up to do extraordinary things, the large number of Nazi-looted books that still have not been returned to their original owners, creating the Facebook group Friends and Fiction with four other authors during the pandemic, and more.
The Book of Lost Names can be purchased at Murder by the Book.
Kristin’s 4 recommended reads are:
- Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
- Lost in Paris by Elizabeth Thompson
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Kristin Harmel
Kristin Harmel, The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels including The Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker’s Wife, The Room on Rue Amélie, and The Sweetness of Forgetting. She is also the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series, Friends and Fiction. She lives in Orlando, Florida.