Hannah Grace
Hannah Grace
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Writing under a pen name from her home in Manchester, England, Hannah Grace is the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Maple Hills series of college sports romances.
She did not set out to be a novelist: during the COVID-19 pandemic she began writing a romance about a figure skater and a hockey player largely as a distraction, and in August 2022 she self-published the result, Icebreaker, under an imprint named after her two dogs, Pig and Bear.
The book found a large audience through Kindle Unlimited and a surge of attention on BookTok, and in 2023 it was acquired by Atria. Grace soon left her corporate job to write full time.
Her follow-ups, Wildfire and Daydream, continued the Maple Hills series, each pairing a different couple within the same university hockey friend group and moving between enemies-to-lovers, a forbidden summer-camp romance, and fake dating. She writes open-door contemporary romance that leans warm and comforting rather than dark.
From the beginning she chose to remain anonymous, declining to show her face or appear at in-person events, and she has asked readers to respect that privacy. She has also spoken about being diagnosed with autism and ADHD, an experience reflected in the neurodivergent hero of Daydream.
She lives with her husband and dogs and shares her work as @hannahgraceauthor on Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest.
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Frequently asked questions
No. 'Hannah Grace' is a pen name; her first name is Hannah, but she keeps the rest of her identity private. The anonymity is a deliberate choice she made at the start of her writing career.
She decided from the outset to stay anonymous and not put herself in the public eye, so she avoids face reveals and in-person appearances. She has thanked readers for respecting that privacy.
She started writing Icebreaker during the pandemic as a distraction, with no plan to publish a career-making book. After it took off on Kindle Unlimited and BookTok, she left her corporate job to write full time.
She is English and writes from her home in Manchester, England, where she lives with her husband and two dogs, Pig and Bear.
When she self-published Icebreaker in 2022, she released it under an imprint named after her two dogs, Pig and Bear, before the series was picked up by Atria.
Yes. She has spoken about her own AuDHD, an autism and ADHD diagnosis, which informed the writing of Henry Turner, the neurodivergent hero of Daydream.
She is active as @hannahgraceauthor on Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, which is where she shares updates about the Maple Hills series and her writing.