Jenny Han

Jenny Han
Born	Jenny Han Richmond, Virginia
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	American[1]
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Genre	Children, Young Adult, Fiction
Notable works	The Summer I Turned Pretty, To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Website
dearjennyhan.com

Jenny Han is an American writer of children and teen novels.

Early life & education

Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and has one younger sister. After high school, Han went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ^[2] and later earned her MFA in creative writing at the New School,^[3] where she met fellow Young Adult novelists, Morgan Matson and Siobhan Vivian, the latter of which she would go on to cowrite the Burn for Burn Series with. Han currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.^[4]

Publication history

Jenny Han wrote her first published book, Shug, while she was in college.^[5] Shug is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school. Publishers Weekly said of the novel, "With its distinct Southern flavor, its presentation of universal conflicts and a cast of characters sure to be recognizable to readers, this book will likely draw a wide audience."^[6]

Her next project was a trilogy for young adults about a girl's coming of age during summers. The trilogy, which includes The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer, quickly became a New York Times bestseller.^[7]

In 2011, Han began working on a new young adult series with fellow writer Siobhan Vivian about three high school girls who begin a mission to exact revenge on people who wronged them. According to Han, Han and Vivian "have been BFFs and writing buddies for years now. We’ve always traded our own pages back and forth, so this is a pretty natural progression for us."^[5]

She released a new book in 2014 called To All the Boys I've Loved Before, about Lara Jean Song Covey, a half-Korean high school girl whose life turns upside down when the letters she's written to all the boys she's had crushes on get sent out.^[8] Kirkus Reviews said of the book: "An ultimately compelling exploration of teenage growth and young love."^[9] Han embarked on a national book tour for To All the Boys I've Loved Before. The sequel, P.S. I Still Love You, was released on May 26, 2015 and was met with another national book tour.

Bibliography

Children/Middle Grade

• 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 I've Loved Before duology

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2014) ISBN 978-1442426702
• P.S. I Still Love You (2015) ISBN 978-1442426733

Short Stories

• "Polaris Is Where You'll Find Me" in My True Love Gave to Me (2014) ISBN 978-1250059307

References