Emily Giffin
American writer
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Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972)[1] is an American author of several novels, including Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter, Where We Belong, and The One and Only.[2]
Emily Giffin | |
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| Born | Emily Fisk Giffin March 20, 1972 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Wake Forest University (BA) University of Virginia School of Law (JD) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | emilygiffin |
Early life
Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972.[1] She attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois,[3] where she was a member of the creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper.[4] Afterwards, Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double-majored in history and English and served as basketball and football team managers.[5] She then attended law school at the University of Virginia.[6]
Career
After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997,[7] Giffin moved to Manhattan, where she worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn.[8][9] In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full-time.[10] Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publishers.[9][11] Giffin started writing a new novel, originally titled Rolling the Dice, which became her 2004 book Something Borrowed.[12] The novel made The New York Times Best Seller list.[13]
In 2002, Giffin found an agent and signed a two-book contract with St. Martin's Press.[13][non-primary source needed] St. Martin's Griffin published Giffin's first six novels. Her subsequent novels are published by Penguin Random House.[14][15]
Nine of Giffin's novels have become New York Times bestsellers.[16][non-primary source needed] Three books appeared simultaneously on USA Today's top 150 list.[citation needed] Something Borrowed was adapted into a feature film (released on May 6, 2011),[17] and its sequel novel, Something Blue, has been optioned for film.[18]
Her novel The Summer Pact was released in July 2024.[19] Love You More came out in July 2026.[20]
Vanity Fair described Giffin as a "modern day Jane Austen"[21] while The New York Times dubbed her a "dependably down-to-earth storyteller".[22][non-primary source needed]
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)
- 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)
- The Summer Pact (2024)
- Love You More (2026)