Lynn Hightower

About

Lynn Hightower is the bestselling author of thrillers including the Sonora Blair and Lena Padget detective series. Her novels have been included in The New York Times List of Notable Books, and the London Times bestseller lists. She has won the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel and a WH Smith Fresh Talent Award. Lynn teaches Master Novel classes in the UCLA Extension Writing Program and works as a manuscript consultant and writing coach for novelists. She and her very, very good German shepherd, Leah, live in Kentucky in a small Victorian cottage with a writing parlor. Her latest book is The Beautiful Risk.

Recent Posts

Alchemy—The Transformation of Grief

A Personal Perspective: Grief brings creative fire. Grief is woven into the tapestry of your life, and grief is what rebuilds your life.

Coming Out From Hiding My Hearing Loss

A Personal Perspective: I have a hereditary hearing loss. It made me feel vulnerable, so I kept it private. But then I felt compelled to write about it.

Creating Sanctuary in Grief

A Personal Perspective: And I ask myself, curled up on my porch swing, thinking always of the husband I miss. Is it getting better? Or do I feel the same?

The Gifts of Grief

A Personal Perspective: Grief is a pathway to the extraordinary—bringing the gifts of heightened, intense creativity, blistering clarity, and the memory of who you really are.