Wow! I did not see this coming. Chris B. Harrison, the ‘Perfect’ television host is taking his expertise in the love department to a whole new level and penning a novel titled ‘The Perfect Letter’.
We have made no secret of our love for Chris Harrison over the years. He has been the consummate professional love adviser and situation arbiter for over a decade now on The Bachelor/Bachelorette to the contestants who’ve embarked on an amazing journey to find a life-partner-in-9-weeks-on-a-reality-television-show.
His skill set clearly transcends “reality-show host”. Chris obviously had a very professional handle on every situation that was thrown his way on the show. He has always possessed an uncanny social intelligence, and natural charm which would undoubtedly suggest that Chris knows how to tell a story and breakdown a ‘situation’ in novel form.
So to hear that he is now writing a romance novel is very exciting!
POPSUGAR recently sat down with him and asked him a few questions about the book:
“CH: I wrote a romance novel called The Perfect Letter [out May 19] that has been in the works for about two to two and a half years. I didn’t realize what a large undertaking that would be. Mr. Naive, I’ll just write a book. And if you want it to be good, it kind of takes a little more than I thought.”
He went on to discuss his inspiration for the book…
“CH: I love to write and it kind of spawned out of an encounter I had with Nicholas Sparks about five years ago at an event, and I’m a huge fan of his. We became friendly and talked about his job and my job, and we have a lot of the same fans and a lot of the same notions of what drives his books and my show; it was very interesting. So out of that spawned this dream that I would do the same and write a book. I actually emailed him not too long ago and said, “You know that meeting we had? Something came of it.” So he congratulated me and said good luck, and it meant a lot to me.”
In regards to the book and what it’s about he said this:
“CH: I learned something from Nicholas and his books; he’s very personal, he writes what he knows, obviously the stories aren’t real — they’re fiction. But I learned a lot of romance and intrigue and things from this show that I take. There are things based on Texas — that’s where I’m from — and there are characters based on people in my life. I won’t divulge who they are because some aren’t flattering. If you like The Bachelor and you love romance and escapism, you’ll love the book.”
To see more of the interview click the link above.
Can’t wait to explore this new project and new side of CBH. No doubt it will exhibit the same professionalism and attention to detail that Chris displays in his job hosting The Bachelor and in ALL that he does.
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