Emily Giffin
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Emily Giffin | |
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| Born | Emily Fisk Giffin March 20, 1972 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, former lawyer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wake Forest University (BA) University of Virginia School of Law (JD) |
| Children | 3 |
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Emily Fisk Giffin[1] (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.[2]
Her notable works include Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only.[3]
Early life[edit]
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 of the school's newspaper. Afterwards, Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double-majored in history and English and also served as basketball team manager. She then attended law school at the University of Virginia.[1]
Career[edit]
After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997, Giffen moved to Manhattan, where she 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. Giffen began writing a new novel, originally titled Rolling the Dice, which was published in 2004 and became a best-seller called Something Borrowed. The novel received positive reviews and made the New York Times bestseller list.
In 2002, Giffen found an agent and signed a two-book contract with St. Martin's Press. While revising Something Borrowed, she found inspiration for its sequel, Something Blue (2005). In 2006, her third novel Baby Proof debuted. In 2007, she completed her fourth novel, Love the One You're With.
Nine of her novels have become international bestsellers. Three books appear simultaneously on USA Today's top 150 list. Something Borrowed was adapted into a feature film (released on May 6, 2011), and its sequel novel, Something Blue, has been optioned for film.[4]
Novels[edit]
- 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)
- Meant to Be (2022)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Emily Giffin | Timeline Biography". Emily Giffin. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- ^ Bonesteel, Matt (22 May 2014). "Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim advised chick-lit author Emily Giffin on 'The One & Only'". The Washington Post.
- ^ Elavsky, Cindy (25 May 2014). "Celebrity Extra". King Features. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ McNary, Dave McNary (2008-08-26). "Swank really 'Something'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
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- 1972 births
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American chick lit writers
- American expatriates in England
- American women novelists
- Litigators
- Living people
- New York (state) lawyers
- Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Novelists from Illinois
- Novelists from Maryland
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- Wake Forest University alumni
- Writers from Atlanta
- Writers from Baltimore
- Writers from Chicago
- Writers from Naperville, Illinois
- 20th-century American women lawyers
- People associated with Winston & Strawn