Out October 13, 2026
I’m the co-host of the popular books & lifestyle podcast, BAD ON PAPER
I spent over a decade working in digital marketing before becoming an author.
I’m a graduate of Boston College.
I currently live in Brooklyn, NY.
I’m the co-creator of ROMCOMPODS, a series of fiction podcasts offering happily ever afters for your ears.
I’m on Instagram @BECCAMFREEMAN
I’m the co-host of the popular books & lifestyle podcast, BAD ON PAPER
I spent over a decade working in digital marketing before becoming an author.
I’m a graduate of Boston College.
I currently live in Brooklyn, NY.
I’m the co-creator of ROMCOMPODS, a series of fiction podcasts offering happily ever afters for your ears.
I’m on Instagram @BECCAMFREEMAN
"Back Where We Started has it all—a romance you’ll stay up late swooning over, unexpected characters with a fresh point of view, and first love vibes you’ll feel in your toes. This is an absolutely perfect book, don’t miss it."
—Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of Dolly All The Time
“An utterly unputdownable love story tracing back and forth in time, with characters so thoughtfully crafted you can’t help but root for them through it all. Becca Freeman has woven a beautiful tapestry of then, and now, and always.”
— Robinne Lee, author of The Idea of You and Crash Into Me
“Becca Freeman gives a much-needed update to classic holiday tales. Told over the course of eleven Christmases, this witty and heartfelt debut tracks a group of four young New Yorkers as their friendship solidifies into a chosen family, one with its own traditions, tensions, and drama. It’s a whip-smart story of modern love, letting go, and growing up.”
—Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake
—Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Do
“The Christmas Orphans Club is a beautiful story of friendship with laugh-out-loud dialogue and characters you can’t stop thinking about. Becca Freeman’s debut is witty, heartwarming, and hilarious and the most delightful thing you’ll read all year.”
—Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups
“Her dialogue crackles. Beneath the abundant humor and charm is a thoughtful exploration of friendship, tradition, and the challenges of growing old.”
—Grant Ginder, bestselling author of The People We Hate at the Wedding and Let's Not Do That Again
“I would happily abandon my husband and kids to spend Christmas in New York with Hannah, Finn, Theo and Priya. A festive, funny, hug of a novel about love in all its forms.”
—Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting
“The Christmas Orphans has everything you could want in a holiday book-treat: sweetness, laughs, and delicious rom-com moments that'll make you jump up and yell, 'Kiss him! Kiss him!' Thank you, Becca Freeman, for an ensemble cast so lovable I wish they were real and could be my friends.”
—Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
““The Christmas Orphans Club is a big-hearted, poignant, page-turning novel about the chosen families that sustain us… With this dazzling debut, Freeman is the heir apparent to the mantle of sophisticated, feel-good fiction. ”
—John Glynn, author of Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer
OCT 14 | New York City | The Strand Bookstore: TICKET LINK
OCT 15 | Washington, DC | East City Bookshop: TICKET LINK
OCT 19 | Charleston, SC | Buxton Books: TICKET LINK
OCT 20 | Tampa, FL | Steamy Lit Bookstore: TICKET LINK
OCT 21 | Wauwatosa, WI | The Well Read Damsel: TICKET LINK
OCT 22 | Chicago, IL | Three Avenues Bookshop: TICKET LINK
OCT 27 | Boston, MA | Boston Athenaeum: TICKET LINK
OCT 28 | Wayne, PA | Main Point Books: TICKET LINK
NOV 9 | Greenwich, CT | Athena Books: TICKET LINK
NOV 11 | Raleigh, NC | Quail Ridge Books: TICKET LINK
NOV 12 | Portland, ME | Back Cove Books: TICKET LINK
I co-host a podcast with my friend and fellow writer, Olivia Muenter. It’s a weekly dose of books, banter, and the topics that inspire us (or sometimes just make us laugh). We also host a monthly book club!