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Catherine Bybee

b. 1968

American writer

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About Catherine Bybee

Born 1968. Catherine Bybee is an American writer and nurse.

Catherine Bybee is an American author. She has written 45 books that have collectively sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into more than twenty languages. Several of the books she authored have been on The New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists.

Raised in Washington State, Bybee moved to Southern California in the hope of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full time and has penned The Not Quite series, The Weekday Brides series, The Most Likely To series, and The First Wives series.

Early life Bybee was raised in Washington State,

Bybee moved to California in hopes of becoming an actress, but she eventually landed in nursing school and began working in urban emergency rooms. On February 12, 2012, it entered the New York Times Bestsellers list at #18 for ebook fiction, and on February 26, 2012, was #13 for combined print and ebook. Wife by Wednesday was also the #1 best-selling Kindle Direct Publishing book, and #5 overall best-selling Kindle book, in December 2011. It went on to become the #11 overall best-selling Kindle book for 2012. Originally written for Harlequin, but rejected, In April 2012, Montlake also bought Bybee's second contemporary series, The Not Quite Series. Bybee has since sold over 11 million copies of her work and have been translated into more than 20 languages. She hit the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller spot with her novel, Making It Right, and continues to hit the "Amazon Top 100" and the "Wall Street Journal" with her contemporary releases.

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Who is Catherine Bybee?

American writer

When was Catherine Bybee born?

Catherine Bybee was born on 1 May 1968 in California.

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Catherine Bybee is a writer and nurse.

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Catherine Bybee is American.

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· Wikipedia: Catherine Bybee

· Wikidata: Q17579911

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