Colleen Hoover
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| Born | Margaret Colleen Fite December 11, 1979 Sulphur Springs, TX, US |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A., Social Work |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Genre | Young adult fiction and New-adult fiction |
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| Spouse | William Heath Hoover |
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Colleen Hoover (born December 11, 1979) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels and five novellas. Hoover's novels fall into the New Adult and young adult categories.
Hoover published her first novel, Slammed, in January 2012. Since then, all of her full-length novels have become New York Times Best Sellers.
Colleen Hoover has appeared on ABC News Nightline and CBS This Morning
Colleen Hoover was born December 11, 1979 in Sulphur Springs, TX, to Vannoy Fite and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, TX, and graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. In 2000, she married Heath Hoover, with whom she now has three sons and a pig named Sailor. Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in Social Work. She worked various social work and teaching jobs until she began her writing career.
In November 2011, Colleen began writing her first novel, Slammed, with no intentions of getting published. She was inspired by a lyric, "decide what to be and go be it", from an Avett Brothers song, "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise". Because of this, she incorporated Avett Brothers lyrics throughout the story. After a few months, her novel was reviewed and given 5 stars by a major book blogger, Maryse Black. After that, sales rapidly increased, and Slammed and its sequel, Point of Retreat, both made the New York Times Best Seller list.
Hoover self-published her debut novel, Slammed, in January 2012.Slammed first made the New York Times Best Seller list on July 22, 2012 and peaked at #8 in e-book fiction on August 5, 2012. Atria Books picked it up and republished it August 10, 2012.
Hoover self-published Point of Retreat, the sequel to Slammed, in February 2012.Point of Retreat first made the New York Times Best Seller list on July 29, 2012 and peaked at #18 on August 5, 2012. Atria Books picked it up along with Slammed and republished it on August 10, 2012.
Atria Books published This Girl, the third and final installment in the Slammed series, on April 30, 2013. It made the New York Times Best Seller list on May 19, 2013, where it peaked at #9.
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