This summer on Code Switch, we're talking to some of our favorite authors about books that taught us about the different dimensions of freedom. Earlier this week, we talked to Sandra Cisneros about ...

When Helen Hoang’s debut novel, The Kiss Quotient, hit shelves in 2018, it was an instant hit, earning rave reviews for its poignant tale of an autistic woman who hires an escort to make her more ...

Left to right: "People We Meet On Vacation" by Emily Henry; "The Heart Principle" by Helen Hoang; "Beach Read" by Emily Henry; "The Kiss Quotient" by Helen Hoang. (Courtesy) Can you smell love in the ...

For a one-stop counter to all those trend pieces bemoaning the supposed “death” of the rom-com, look to Helen Hoang. Last year, her fizzy debut, The Kiss Quotient — a reverse-ish Pretty Woman about a ...

Helen Hoang's romances feature characters on the autism spectrum — as she herself is; she says she wants to show that autistic people can get... In Helen Hoang's Novels, Autism Is No Bar To Love And ...

SAN DIEGO — When Helen Hoang was 12 years old, she skipped lunch for an entire week, hoarding her lunch money so she could buy something more delicious than a midday meal: her first romance novel.

Lisa Bonos on an author working to make the romance genre more inclusive of people on the autism spectrum. And Travis M. Andrews on why you should stop pretending to like outdoor concerts. Lisa Bonos ...

SAN DIEGO — When Helen Hoang was growing up, she struggled with simple interactions but she didn’t know why. Then, she found something that gave her the vicarious thrill of falling in love without ...

We've got the sexy, steamy shenanigans of royalty, gamers, Hollywood hopefuls and so much more Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

Esme Tran supports her family — including her five-year-old daughter — by working as a maid in a Ho Chi Minh City hotel. Until the day a wealthy Vietnamese American woman offers her an opportunity: ...

Hoang’s books are tenderly personal. The author, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2016, put an autistic heroine at the center of Kiss; a minor character from that steamy novel named Khai, ...