About me
BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s The New York Times bestselling author of over half a dozen books, including How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and What You Wish For. Her latest, The Shippers, was released on May 19, 2026.
She’s been compared to Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and The Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” Her books have made countless Best-Of lists, including Real Simple Best Books of 2020, Amazon’s Top 100 Books of 2019, Goodreads Best Books of the Year, and many more.
Bestselling author, Emily Henry, calls her 2022 book (and upcoming movie), The Bodyguard, “a shot of pure joy.” The movie adaptation of Katherine’s novel The Lost Husband hit #1 on Netflix, and her novel Happiness for Beginners is now a Netflix original movie starring Ellie Kemper.
Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.
