57 pages • 1 hour read
Hannah BrownMistakes We Never Made
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Background
Authorial Context: Hannah Brown, Reality Television, and Working with a Ghostwriter
Hannah Brown is best known for her appearances on romantic reality television shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, having appeared as a contestant on the former and then starred as the titular bachelorette on the latter. She also competed in beauty pageants, winning Miss Alabama USA 2018 and competing in Miss USA 2018. Brown also won the celebrity competition show Dancing with the Stars (2019) with her professional dance partner Alan Bersten, and she later won the reality TV competition Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (2023).
Brown’s background as a reader and television celebrity influenced her novel. In an interview with Variety, Brown explained that she pivoted to writing romance novels because she has always enjoyed reading, explaining, “While this is fiction, I drew a lot of inspiration from my own life and experiences, which is fun for me to see sprinkled throughout the series” (Thompson, Jaden. “‘Bachelorette’ Star Hannah Brown Inks Two-book Deal for Fiction Romance Novels (EXCLUSIVE).” Variety, 23 Sept. 2019). One of the protagonist’s best friends in the novel, Nikki, also appears on a Bachelor-type show, which is the clearest connection to Brown’s real life. However, Brown also comments that she sees herself as similar to the novel’s 
