Jenny Han
Jenny Han | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Han at BookCon in June 2019 | |
| Born | September 3, 1980 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BFA) The New School (MFA) |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | |
| dearjennyhan | |
Jenny Han (born September 3, 1980) is an American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction. She is best known for writing The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy and the To All the Boys series, the latter of which was adapted into a film of the same name in 2018 starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo.
Personal life
Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, to Korean parents. She is Korean-American.[1] She graduated from Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in 1998,[2][3] then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[4] In 2006, she received her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at The New School.[5] Han has never been married and has no children, she lives in Brooklyn, New York City.[4]
Career
Han wrote her first book, the children's novel Shug, while she was in college.[6] Shug is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school.[7] Her next project was a young adult romance trilogy, about a girl's coming-of-age during her summer breaks. The three novels, The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You, and We'll Always Have Summer, quickly became New York Times Best Sellers.[8]
To All the Boys trilogy
In 2014, Han released a young adult romance novel, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, about Lara Jean Song Covey, a high school student whose life turns upside down when the letters she wrote to her five past crushes are mailed without her knowledge.[9] The novel was optioned for a screen adaptation within weeks of its publication.[10] The sequel, P.S. I Still Love You, was released the following year, and won the Young Adult 2015–2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.[11] A third novel, Always and Forever, Lara Jean, was released two years later.[12] The film adaptation of the first novel, starring Lana Condor in the lead role, began filming in July 2017 and was released by Netflix in August 2018, to positive reviews.[13] Han had a brief cameo in the film.
Bibliography
- Children's books
- Shug (2006) ISBN 978-1416909422
- Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream (2011) ISBN 978-0316070386
- The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009) ISBN 978-1416968238
- It's Not Summer Without You (2010) ISBN 978-1416995555
- We'll Always Have Summer (2011) ISBN 978-1416995586
- Burn for Burn trilogy
- Burn for Burn (2012) ISBN 978-1442440753
- Fire with Fire (2013) ISBN 978-1442440784
- Ashes to Ashes (2014) ISBN 978-1442440814
- To All the Boys trilogy
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2014) ISBN 978-1442426702
- P.S. I Still Love You (2015) ISBN 978-1442426733
- Always and Forever, Lara Jean (2017) ISBN 978-1481430487
- Short stories
- "Polaris Is Where You'll Find Me" in My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (2014) ISBN 978-1250059307
References
- ^ "A Great Novel by Best Selling Author Jenny Han". WTVR-TV. April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Han". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (March 21, 2018). "Netflix Acquires Rights to Adaptation of YA Novel 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'". Variety.
- ^ a b "Jenny Han, writer of books for kids and teens". DearJennyHan.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Grochowski, Sara (April 25, 2017). "Q & A with Jenny Han". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ Hong, Terry. "An Interview with Jenny Han". Bookslut. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Children's Book Review: Shug by Jenny Han". Publishers Weekly. April 17, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Han; Official Publisher Page". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "To All the Boys I've Loved Before; Book by Jenny Han". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Carlson, Julie (July 1, 2014). "Jenny Han's YA books attract Hollywood's attention". The Korea Times.
- ^ "2015-2016 AWARDS WINNERS". Asian Pacific American Literature Awards. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Always and Forever, Lara Jean; Book by Jenny Han". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (July 21, 2017). "Lana Condor to Star in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' Movie Based on Jenny Han Novel". Variety.
External links
- 1980 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American children's writers
- American writers of Korean descent
- American writers of young adult literature
- Writers from Richmond, Virginia
- The New School alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- Writers from Brooklyn
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Novelists from Virginia