
Each summer, Elin Hilderbrand releases a Nantucket-based beach read, but this summer will be the last.
Hilderbrand will debut her last novel, "Swan Song," on June 11. After 30 books and a nearly three-decade career, the author will retire to her Nantucket home, according to her website, though she hopes to shift from book writing to book influencing.
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She discussed the reason for her retirement in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal: “I have run out of really good ideas for Nantucket novels, and I don’t ever want to put out a product that is subpar."
While she may not publish more beach reads, fans can enjoy her work in other ways. Hilderbrand's 2018 novel, "The Perfect Couple," was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name -- filmed in part on Cape Cod -- and will premiere later this year as a series starring Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber.
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Last year, the novelist began co-hosting a podcast named, "Books, Beach, & Beyond," with Nantucket bookseller Tim Ehrenberg, which she plans to continue in her retirement.