She graduated from the University of Puget Sound law school and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer. Hannah wrote her first novel with her mother, who was dying of cancer at the time; the book was never published.
Hannah's educational background included graduating from the University of Puget Sound's law program, after which she worked in Seattle before dedicating herself to writing full-time. She collaborated on her first literary effort with her mother, who was undergoing cancer treatment at the time; unfortunately, their joint work was not published.