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In May 2020, Emily Giffin publicly criticized [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]] on [[Instagram]], where she captioned a screenshot of a video of Meghan Markle reading to her son Archie on the occasion of his first birthday, in support of [[Save the Children]] with “Happy Birthday, Archie. Go away, Megan”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flare.com/celebrity/emily-giffin-meghan-markle-archie-birthday/|title=We Fact-Checked the Emily Giffin Meghan Markle Criticism (and More)|website=www.flare.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-markle-emily-giffin-hate_n_5eb2d5c1c5b6f8deb4eacacc|title=Author Emily Giffin Unleashes On Meghan Markle Over Archie's Bday Video: 'Go Away'|date=May 6, 2020|website=HuffPost Canada}}</ref> Giffin went on to write “Holy ‘me first.’ This is the Megan show. Why didn’t she film and let Harry read? And why didn’t she take the moment at the end to say ‘he said daddy!' Because that would make it about Harry for a split second, God forbid. Also, you want privacy for your child so you put out a video (by your authorized biographer) of him .... wearing no pants?! Ooookay ....”. Giffin also posted screenshots of text message exchanges where she continued to criticize Meghan as "un-maternal" and "phony". Ensuing backlash from the public, including calls to boycott her books, over her criticism resulted in a response from Giffin where she apologized and denied any racial motivation behind her comments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/something-borrowed-author-sorry-meghan-markle-criticism-denies-racial-undertones-n1201646|title='Something Borrowed' author sorry for Meghan Markle criticism, denies 'racial undertones'|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/author-emily-giffin-apologizes-after-calling-meghan-markle-unmaternal-and-phony/ar-BB13IgEz|title=Author Emily Giffin Apologizes After Calling Meghan Markle 'Unmaternal' and 'Phony'|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> In her Instagram-posted apology, Giffin stated that she "absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family", had been "appalled by any signs of racism against her", and had only found fault in the manner in which Meghan and Harry had left the monarchy.<ref name="auto"/>
In May 2020, Emily Giffin publicly criticized [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]] on [[Instagram]], where she captioned a screenshot of a video of Meghan Markle reading to her son Archie on the occasion of his first birthday, in support of [[Save the Children]] with “Happy Birthday, Archie. Go away, Megan”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flare.com/celebrity/emily-giffin-meghan-markle-archie-birthday/|title=We Fact-Checked the Emily Giffin Meghan Markle Criticism (and More)|website=www.flare.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-markle-emily-giffin-hate_n_5eb2d5c1c5b6f8deb4eacacc|title=Author Emily Giffin Unleashes On Meghan Markle Over Archie's Bday Video: 'Go Away'|date=May 6, 2020|website=HuffPost Canada}}</ref> Giffin went on to write “Holy ‘me first.’ This is the Megan show. Why didn’t she film and let Harry read? And why didn’t she take the moment at the end to say ‘he said daddy!' Because that would make it about Harry for a split second, God forbid. Also, you want privacy for your child so you put out a video (by your authorized biographer) of him .... wearing no pants?! Ooookay ....”. Giffin also posted screenshots of text message exchanges where she continued to criticize Meghan as "un-maternal" and "phony". Ensuing backlash from the public, including calls to boycott her books, over her criticism resulted in a response from Giffin where she apologized and denied any racial motivation behind her comments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/something-borrowed-author-sorry-meghan-markle-criticism-denies-racial-undertones-n1201646|title='Something Borrowed' author sorry for Meghan Markle criticism, denies 'racial undertones'|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/author-emily-giffin-apologizes-after-calling-meghan-markle-unmaternal-and-phony/ar-BB13IgEz|title=Author Emily Giffin Apologizes After Calling Meghan Markle 'Unmaternal' and 'Phony'|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> In her Instagram-posted apology, Giffin stated that she "absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family", had been "appalled by any signs of racism against her", and had only found fault in the manner in which Meghan and Harry had left the monarchy.<ref name="auto"/>

Giffin has used her platform on instagram to express her politically views vocally. She repeatedly expressed disapproval of [[Donald Trump|President Donald Trump]] before he was elected and while he was in office, and expressed her strong support for [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 Presidential Election]]. Additionally, Giffin expressed her support for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] senators [[Jon Ossoff]] and [[Raphael Warnock]] in the 2020 runoff election her home state of Georgia. <ref>{{Citation|title=Emily Giffin sur Facebook Watch|url=https://fr-fr.facebook.com/EmilyGiffinFans/videos/its-not-that-kloefflerga-is-a-conservative-if-it-were-just-about-that-i-could-un/2762019674050849/|language=fr|access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Emily Giffin sur Facebook Watch|url=https://fr-fr.facebook.com/EmilyGiffinFans/videos/its-not-that-kloefflerga-is-a-conservative-if-it-were-just-about-that-i-could-un/2762019674050849/|language=fr|access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref>


==Novels==
==Novels==

Revision as of 01:53, 27 January 2021

Emily Giffin
BornEmily Fisk Giffin
(1972-03-20) March 20, 1972 (age 52)
Baltimore, Maryland
OccupationWriter, former lawyer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWake Forest University (B.A.)
University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.)
Children3
Website
www.emilygiffin.com

Emily Fisk Giffin[1] (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.[2]

Her best known works are Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only.[3]

Early life

Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972. She attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), where she was a member of a creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief for the school's newspaper. Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double majored in history and English and also served as manager of the basketball team. She then attended law school at the University of Virginia.[1]

Career

After graduating from law school in 1997, she moved to Manhattan and worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn. In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full-time. Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publishers. Giffin began a new novel, then titled Rolling the Dice, which became the bestselling novel Something Borrowed.

Giffin found an agent in 2002 and signed a two book deal with St. Martin's Press. While doing revisions on Something Borrowed, she found the inspiration for a sequel, Something Blue. Something Borrowed was released spring 2004. It received positive reviews and made the extended New York Times bestsellers list. Something Blue followed in 2005, and in 2006, her third, Baby Proof, made its debut. She spent 2007 finishing her fourth novel, Love the One You're With.

All nine[4] of her novels have been international bestsellers.[citation needed] Three appeared simultaneously on USA Today's Top 150 list.[5] Something Borrowed was adapted into a major feature film (released on May 6, 2011), and its sequel novel Something Blue has also been optioned for film.[6]

In May 2020, Emily Giffin publicly criticized Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on Instagram, where she captioned a screenshot of a video of Meghan Markle reading to her son Archie on the occasion of his first birthday, in support of Save the Children with “Happy Birthday, Archie. Go away, Megan”.[7][8] Giffin went on to write “Holy ‘me first.’ This is the Megan show. Why didn’t she film and let Harry read? And why didn’t she take the moment at the end to say ‘he said daddy!' Because that would make it about Harry for a split second, God forbid. Also, you want privacy for your child so you put out a video (by your authorized biographer) of him .... wearing no pants?! Ooookay ....”. Giffin also posted screenshots of text message exchanges where she continued to criticize Meghan as "un-maternal" and "phony". Ensuing backlash from the public, including calls to boycott her books, over her criticism resulted in a response from Giffin where she apologized and denied any racial motivation behind her comments.[9][10] In her Instagram-posted apology, Giffin stated that she "absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family", had been "appalled by any signs of racism against her", and had only found fault in the manner in which Meghan and Harry had left the monarchy.[8]

Giffin has used her platform on instagram to express her politically views vocally. She repeatedly expressed disapproval of President Donald Trump before he was elected and while he was in office, and expressed her strong support for Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential Election. Additionally, Giffin expressed her support for Democratic senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the 2020 runoff election her home state of Georgia. [11][12]

Novels

  • Something Borrowed (2004)
  • Something Blue (2005)
  • Baby Proof (2006)
  • Love the One You're With (2008)
  • Heart of the Matter (2010)
  • The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone (2012): Prequel to Something Blue and Something Borrowed
  • Where We Belong (2012)
  • The One and Only (2014)
  • First Comes Love (2016)
  • All We Ever Wanted (2018)
  • The Lies That Bind (2020)

References

  1. ^ a b "Emily Giffin | Timeline Biography". Emily Giffin.
  2. ^ Bonesteel, Matt (22 May 2014). "Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim advised chick-lit author Emily Giffin on 'The One & Only'". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Elavsky, Cindy (25 May 2014). "Celebrity Extra". King Features. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Emily Giffin Books in Order".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Book Reviews, News and Best Selling Lists - USATODAY.com". USA TODAY.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave. "Swank really 'Something': Actress nabs rights to Emily Giffin book", Variety, 26 August 2008.
  7. ^ "We Fact-Checked the Emily Giffin Meghan Markle Criticism (and More)". www.flare.com.
  8. ^ a b "Author Emily Giffin Unleashes On Meghan Markle Over Archie's Bday Video: 'Go Away'". HuffPost Canada. May 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "'Something Borrowed' author sorry for Meghan Markle criticism, denies 'racial undertones'". NBC News.
  10. ^ "Author Emily Giffin Apologizes After Calling Meghan Markle 'Unmaternal' and 'Phony'". www.msn.com.
  11. ^ Emily Giffin sur Facebook Watch (in French), retrieved 2021-01-27
  12. ^ Emily Giffin sur Facebook Watch (in French), retrieved 2021-01-27
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