The Academy, Hilderbrand tells PEOPLE, is based upon the boarding school in Rhode Island that Cunningham attended before she headed to college. Related: PEOPLE Picks the Best Elin Hilderbrand ...

Elin Hilderbrand isn’t exactly retiring ... and turning her attention to The Academy, the first in the two-book series she’s writing with Shelby, the youngest of her three children.

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Below, read about Elin Hilderbrand’s tried-and-true Nantucket ... frantically working! The Academy comes out next September, and after that’s turned in, I’ll have a little bit more time ...

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Say goodbye to Malibu, Miami or Mantaloking; you’re now en route to Nantucket, where most of Elin Hilderbrand’s 27 books take place. Sophie Park for The New York Times Thanks to her books ...

Between putting the finishing touches on her next novel, which she co-authored with her teenage daughter, and the news that ...

Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand is turning a new page with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham. PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover of The Academy, a new novel written by Hilderbrand and ...

Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand is turning a new page with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham. PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover of The Academy, a new novel written by Hilderbrand and Cunningham ...