Is it just us, or are novelists doing the most these days? Before becoming a STEM romance novelist, Ali Hazelwood worked as a neuroscience professor; thriller author Frieda McFadden moonlights as a brain doctor; and Abby Jimenez is the latest writer with a dual career who has skyrocketed to success.
Not only has the romance writer topped The New York Times Best Sellers list, but you might recognize her name from a little cooking show known as Cupcake Wars. (Her Minnesota-based bakery, Nadia Cakes, took home the top spot on the series in 2012.)