Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hooveris the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven novels and one novella. Hoover's novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult categories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 December 1979
CitySulpher Springs, TX
CountryUnited States of America
ocean brave watches
I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown.
heart balance head-and-heart
Find a balance between head and heart.
common inevitable permanent
Nothing is permanent. The only thing any of us have in common is the inevitable.
heart my-heart figures
I'm afraid if I listen to my heart once, I'll never figure out how to ignore it again.
i-love-you falling-in-love thinking
This thing about you that you think is your flaw - it's the reason I'm falling in love with you.
heart broken promise
Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.
perfection imperfection
Imperfections define perfection
sky action deserve
You don't deserve words, Sky. You deserve actions.
live-life scared given
If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.
judging mind events
Never judge others. You both know good and well how unexpected events can change who a person is. Always keep that in mind. You never know what someone else is experiencing within their own life.
excited inclusion majority music readers
I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.
entertain far inform readers simply type writes
As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform my readers. I simply write to entertain them.
favorite included lyrics positive published readers response surprised
When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.
sentence wrote
When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, 'Oh, I can go with this.' I didn't do an outline. I didn't do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going.