Rainbow Rowell A fan for the fans
"Sometimes she writes about adults.
Sometimes she writes about teenagers.
But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they’re screwing up. And people who fall in love."
- rainbowrowell.com/about
Rainbow Rowell was born February 19, 1973.
Growing up she experienced divorce and poverty. growing up in a poor neighborhood, she engrossed herself in comics to escape from reality. (Gale Biography in Context)
She is married to her husband, Kai Wilken, and has two kids, Laddie and Rosey.
She has written a total of 5 full-leangth novels, as well as a couple short stories. She is currently in the process of collaborating to make a comic and was hired to write the screenplay for a movie adaptation of her novel, Eleanor & Park.
Attachments, 2011 (Debut novel)
Eleanor & Park, 2013 (DreamWorks purchased film rights for this novel with Rowell attached to write the screenplay)
Fangirl, 2013
Landline, 2014
Carry On: the rise and fall of Simon Snow, 2015 (Spin-off, containing a new take on characters introduced in Fangirl.)
Short story, Midnights, which was included in a holiday collaboration titled My True Love Gave to Me
Kindred Spirits is a short story written for "World Book Day", a celebration of books and reading for kids in the UK and Ireland.
Two graphic novels - to be expected - a deal signed with Calista Brill at FIRST SECOND BOOKS
Eleanor & Park became a national best-seller and remained on the New York Times best-seller list for 12 weeks.
Eleanor & Park and Fangirl were both included in the New York Times list of the best young adult fiction of 2013.
One of Entertainment Weekly‘s 2011 Best Summer Reads
Chosen for the Barnes & Noble Summer 2011 Discover Great New Writers program
A New York Times Notable Book
Indies Choice, Young Adult Book of the Year
International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Fiction
Indigo Books, Top 10 Books of the Year
Indigo Books, Best Teen Book of the Year
Topped LibraryReads’ first favorites list
Amazon’s Best Books of the Year list
LibraryReads Favorite of Favorites, Top 10 Books of the Year list
A Best Book of the Year, according to:
TIME Magazine
NPR
Booklist
School Library Journal
Barnes & Noble
YALSA
The News & Observer
Rowell has a way with words that grabs the reader and makes them care. She creates relate-able characters, with realistic problems, that make the reader want to go through a journey of lessons and emotions with them.
Rowell is also invested in her fans. she releases special collector editions with fanart from her fans and has merchandise for her novel available.
Works Cited
"Rainbow Rowell." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Biography in Context. Web. 31 May 2016.
"Rainbow Rowell." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Biography in Context. Web. 31 May 2016.
"CC Search." CC Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May. 2016.
"Home." Rainbow Rowell. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2016.