Talia Hibbert
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Talia Hibbert is a black British romance novelist.[1] She writes contemporary and paranormal romance. She is a proponent of writing diverse narratives, with characters of varying race, ethnicity, body shape, sexual orientation, and life experience.[2][3][4] Her most well known book is Get a Life, Chloe Brown.
Career
During her childhood, Hibbert dealt with negative comments about her dream to be a writer.[5] She used an inheritance from her great-grandmother to finance the beginning of her writing career,[5] and began self-publishing in 2017, She put out her first nine books within one year. Her first traditionally published book, Get a Life, Chloe Brown, was released in 2019 with Avon Romance, and is the first book of a family romance trilogy.[2][6][7]
Get a Life, Chloe Brown was featured on the morning TV show Today, in a segment that involved developing recipes based on scenes within books, and it reached the best seller lists of both USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.[8][9][10] Get a Life, Chloe Brown reached #77 on the USA Today Bestseller list.[10]
Get a Life, Chloe Brown has been reviewed in The Washington Post.[11] and twice on NPR.[12][13] Roxane Gay reviewed the book, saying it was a "Charming romance novel involving a woman with chronic pain and an attitude to mask it and her building’s super, a giant man with long flowing red hair and a tender, wounded heart. Well written, great banter, sexy vibes." [citation needed] The New York Times called her a "brilliant writer".[14]
The audio version of Get a Life, Chloe Brown is narrated by Adjoa Andoh and published by HarperAudio.[15]
Themes
Many of Hibbert's characters fall under the hashtag #OwnVoices, meaning they are part of a marginalized group Hibbert identifies with.[16] Many of her protagonists are black women. The main character in Get a Life, Chloe Brown lives with chronic pain.[2][17] In her book A Girl Like Her, the main character, Ruth, is autistic.[5]
Hibbert's stories include characters with realistic body types.[17]
Hibbert's book Get a Life, Chloe Brown demonstrates the strain which chronic pain can place on both familial and romantic relationships.[18][19] As a romance novel, Get a Life, Chloe Brown also shows how someone with chronic pain is deserving and capable of having a loving relationship.[20] The book explores methods of reasserting a sense of control within a life that was once ruled by illness.[21][22]
Hibbert's books reflect a change in the romance genre toward explicit consent during intimate scenes.[23]
In the author's LGBTQ romance Work For It, one of the protagonists deals with finding love even while living with depression.[4]
Personal life
For much of her life, Hibbert struggled with undiagnosed health issues, until a doctor diagnosed her fibromyalgia, a disease known for causing chronic pain.[2][3][19] Hibbert's multiple issues with doctors dismissing her invisible disease inspired the inclusion of the topic of medical discrimination in her novel Get a Life, Chloe Brown.[3]
Bibliography
Title | Series | Publication Year | ISBN/ASIN |
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Always with You | 2017 | ||
Operation Atonement | 2017 | B075W2PL6N | |
Bad for the Boss | Just for Him #1 | 2017 | B076XJJZHT |
Merry Inkmas | 2017 | B077NTCPVP | |
Undone by the Ex-Con | Just for Him #2 | 2018 | B078JM9D7Y |
The Princess Trap | Dirty British Romance #1 | 2018 | B079K8MFJD |
A Girl Like Her | Ravenswood #1 | 2018 | B07B9Z6846 |
Wanna Bet? | Dirty British Romance #2 | 2018 | B07C5LMBJ6 |
Damaged Goods | Ravenswood #1.5 | 2018 | B07DFQXNM9 |
Sweet on the Greek | Just for Him #3 | 2018 | B07FK6LQ7V |
Untouchable | Ravenswood #2 | 2018 | B07G4KDTKK |
Mating the Huntress | 2018 | B07HLV1R85 | |
Rogue Nights | Rogue #6 | 2018 | B07JKQPZ9B |
Work For It | 2019 | 1230003333167 | |
Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel | The Brown Sisters #1 | 2019 | 9780062941220 |
Take a Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel | The Brown Sisters #2 | 2020 | 9780062941237 |
Awards
- 2019 - Get a Life, Chloe Brown - The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romance Fiction[24][25][26]
External links
References
- ^ "Talia Hibbert". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
- ^ a b c d Lenker, Maureen Lee (March 20, 2019). "How Talia Hibbert's own experiences with chronic pain inspired her latest romance heroine". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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(help) - ^ a b Geller, JeriAnn (February 14, 2020). "Eight Romances to Swoon Over for Black History Month". BookTrib. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Krohn, Suzanne (March 11, 2018). "Good Rep, Captain America, and What's Next - An Interview with Talia Hibbert". Love in Panels. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Get a Life, Chloe Brown". Avon Romance. 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
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(help) - ^ Olmstead, Barrie (February 13, 2020). "Commentary: Rom-coms making a comeback". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Foster, Megan (February 10, 2020). "Host a book-themed party with these tasty recipes and decor items". Yahoo News. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Associated Press (February 21, 2020). "Wall Street Journal Best Sellers". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Get a Life, Chloe Brown". USA Today. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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- ^ "Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk". NPR.org.
- ^ "In 'Get A Life, Chloe Brown,' Love Doesn't Cure All — But It Sure Is Fun". NPR.org.
- ^ Green, Jaime (January 10, 2020). "Four Winter Romance Novels Find Love in Hopeless Places" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Gunderson, Alexis (February 14, 2020). "10 Romantic Audiobooks to Listen to on Valentine's Day". Paste. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Perchikoff, Sarah (November 8, 2019). "Get a Life, Chloe Brown is an exploration of romance, chronic pain, and living on your own terms". Fansided. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Tanabe, Karin (November 15, 2019). "In 'Get a Life, Chloe Brown,' a woman transforms her Earl Grey life into something bolder". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Bryce, Denny (November 4, 2019). "In 'Get A Life, Chloe Brown,' Love Doesn't Cure All — But It Sure Is Fun". NPR. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ a b Lenker, Maureen Lee (December 3, 2019). "Hot Stuff: Five new romances tackle the struggle to feel deserving of love". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Green, Jaime (January 10, 2020). "Four Winter Romance Novels Find Love in Hopeless Places". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Carr, Lisa (February 10, 2020). "Seymour Library: These authors push the romance novel forward". Aburnpub. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Wang, Amy (February 14, 2020). "5 romances to make your heart beat faster, recommended by the Oregon creator of Bookstore Romance Day". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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