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Jenny Han

Author

Jenny HanAuthor

“It's the imperfections that make things beautiful” ― Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

Biography

She was born on September 3, 1980 in Richmond Virginia. She spent all of her childhood and adolescence along with her parents and younger sister. She graduated from the University of North Carolina and then went on to achieve an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School and went on to be a librarian.

She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She likes to write everywhere she goes, on trains, cafes, friend's houses.

Her books

  • Shug series
  • Summer series
  • To All the Boys I've Loved Before
  • To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
  • To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean
  • Summer I Turned Pretty series
  • Burn for Burn series


Her novel, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, was inspired by the fact that Han herself used to write love letters to the boys that she liked when she herself was a teenager. She frequently draws on her own experiences to feed her inspiration for the characters in her books.

What magazines are saying

The result is a movie that’s relatable without feeling clichéd, and hopeful without being unrealistic. This is in large part thanks to Lara Jean, who’s sweet and fanciful and unassuming, the kind of girl who’d rather stay at home and bake cupcakes...than go out to parties.

VANITY FAIR

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No book that I've ever talked about or shared had the same kind of audience response as this one.

OPRAH MAG

Some of her books are on Netflix too!

TO ALL THE BOYS 2: P.S. I Still Love You | Official Sequel Trailer | Netflix

Work Cited

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Addison Moore

I chose to research Jenny Han because I lover her books. She writes about boys and crushes and embarrassing moments. I thought that it was interesting that her book, To All the Boys I've Loved was actually inspired by her teen years. I want to be a writer one day too.