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Rainbow Rowell

Nato: February 24, 1973 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Rainbow Rowell is an American novelist and comics writer known for contemporary romance and young adult fiction, including Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and the Simon Snow trilogy. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has earned major YA recognition, with Eleanor & Park and Fangirl named among The New York Times’ best young adult books of 2013.

Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore

Rainbow Rowell grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, studied journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and began her professional life at the Omaha World-Herald, where she worked as a columnist and ad copywriter. That newsroom background shaped her fiction: sharp dialogue, close observation, and an instinct for the telling detail in ordinary Midwestern life. Her first major turn came when she moved beyond journalism and advertising to complete Attachments, the 2011 novel that introduced the witty, emotionally alert voice that would define her career. ((https://nebraskaauthors.org/authors/rainbow-rowell?utm_source=openai))

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I hope that when this book comes out, a few of you will still remember me
-What Am I Doing With Myself?
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I have to take you somewhere. Just trust me
-Meet Cherry
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Friendships have to change, or else they break
-Slow Dance -- New Book, New Tour
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I don’t believe that 17-year-olds get happy endings. They get beginnings
-FAQ
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I think it’s just straight-up fiction
-Rainbow Rowell Talks Fanfiction, Fifty Shades and Jonathan Franzen
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I’ve always been a writer
-One Thing Leads to Another
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My motivation was to make people actually feel love
-Q & A with Rainbow Rowell
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I wanted to write a book that viscerally reminded people what it was like to feel that way
-Author Interview - Rainbow Rowell
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Once you’ve written a novel, you know you can write a novel
-Rowell Makes a Rainbow Connection

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"Rainbow Rowell writes conventional fiction unconventionally"

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"Rainbow Rowell is a damn genius"

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"Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story"

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"Fangirl author Rainbow Rowell crafts left-of-center, likable characters in this achingly beautiful story of first love"

Apple Books

"Rainbow Rowell had the kind of YA debut most authors dream of"

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"Rainbow Rowell, as ever, has written a book that only she could write"

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"Rainbow Rowell returns with a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love story"

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"Anything by Rainbow Rowell goes straight to the top of my TBR"

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"Rainbow Rowell has done it again: another gorgeous, satisfying, and not-so-secretly subversive novel"

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"Rainbow Rowell delivers her first work for adults in a decade and fans will wonder why she waited so long"

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