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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]

Hibbert has autism.[5]

Bibliography

Title Series Publication Year ISBN/ASIN
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]

References

  1. ^ "Talia Hibbert". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
  2. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Vivona, Veronica (March 26, 2019). "Author With Fibromyalgia Writes Romance Novel Featuring Protagonist With Chronic Pain". The Mighty. Retrieved March 27, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b Geller, JeriAnn (February 14, 2020). "Eight Romances to Swoon Over for Black History Month". BookTrib. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "Get a Life, Chloe Brown". Avon Romance. 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Olmstead, Barrie (February 13, 2020). "Commentary: Rom-coms making a comeback". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Foster, Megan (February 10, 2020). "Host a book-themed party with these tasty recipes and decor items". Yahoo News. Retrieved February 11, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Associated Press (February 21, 2020). "Wall Street Journal Best Sellers". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "Get a Life, Chloe Brown". USA Today. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis". Washington Post.
  12. ^ "Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk". NPR.org.
  13. ^ "In 'Get A Life, Chloe Brown,' Love Doesn't Cure All — But It Sure Is Fun". NPR.org.
  14. ^ Green, Jaime (January 10, 2020). "Four Winter Romance Novels Find Love in Hopeless Places" – via NYTimes.com.
  15. ^ Gunderson, Alexis (February 14, 2020). "10 Romantic Audiobooks to Listen to on Valentine's Day". Paste. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Green, Jaime (January 10, 2020). "Four Winter Romance Novels Find Love in Hopeless Places". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Carr, Lisa (February 10, 2020). "Seymour Library: These authors push the romance novel forward". Aburnpub. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Lynch, Emily Hessney (February 12, 2020). "Safe sparks". City Newspaper. Retrieved February 14, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ Doherty, Alison (February 14, 2020). "The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction Announced". Book Riot. Retrieved February 14, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Publishing Industry News: Feb. 21, 2020". Door County Pulse. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ "The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction". The Ripped Bodice. Retrieved April 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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