Emily Giffin
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Emily Giffin (March 20, 1972- ) is the bestselling American author of several novels commony categorized as "chick lit". More specifically, Giffin writes stories about relationships and the full array of emotions experienced within them.
[edit] Life
Emily Giffin was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 20, 1972. She attended high school in Naperville, Illinois, 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 also served as manager of the basketball team, the Demon Deacons. She then attended law school at the University of Virginia. After graduating in 1997, she moved to Manhattan and worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn. But Giffin soon determined to seriously pursue her writing.
In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full time. Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publishers, but Giffin was undaunted. She began a new novel, then titled Rolling the Dice, which became the bestselling novel Something Borrowed.
2002 was a big year for Emily Giffin. She married, found an agent, 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.
In 2003, Giffin and her husband left England for Atlanta, Georgia. A few months later, on New Year's Eve, she gave birth to identical twin boys, Edward and George. Something Borrowed was released spring 2004. It received unanimously 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.
No new hardcover accompanied the paperback release of Baby Proof in 2007. Instead, Giffin spent the year finishing her fourth novel and enlarging her family. Her daughter, Harriet, was born May 24, 2007.
[edit] Books
- Something Borrowed (2004)
All three of Giffin's novels explore relationships, how they are built, and the ways they sometimes fall apart. Something Borrowed is the story of Rachel White and Darcy Rhone, best friends since childhood. Rachel is used to being the good girl, the hard-worker who exists in the shadow of flashy--often selfish--Darcy. Until her thirtieth birthday that is, when a drink too many results in Rachel sleeping with Darcy's fiance, Dexter. The fling turns into an affair, and Rachel is forced to decide which is more important, friendship or true love.
- Something Blue (2005)
Something Blue picks up where Something Borrowed left off, centering this time on Darcy, who has always believed that good looks and charm are all she needs to get through life. The illusion shatters when she discovers she's pregnant by a man who doesn't want to marry her. She flees to London to live with a childhood friend, Ethan Ainsley, and tries to recreate her perfect life. But as she discovers, she may need to change her own outlook on life before she can find true happiness. So begins Darcy's quest for redemption.
- Baby Proof (2006)
Baby Proof departs from the cast of the first two novels (mentioning Ethan & Darcy shortly), focusing instead on Claudia Parr and her perfect husband and soul mate Ben, who have agreed from the beginning of their marriage that children are not for them. When Ben changes his mind, Claudia is forced to reevaluate her reasons for not wanting children. At the same time, she wonders, is there ever a deal-breaker for true love?
All three novels were international bestsellers, and appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List among many others. The three appeared simultaneously on USA Today's Top 150 list, a rare feat. Something Borrowed and Something Blue have been optioned for film.
Giffin's fourth novel, Love the One You're With, was released on May 13, 2008.
