Jennifer Weiner

Her novel In Her Shoes (2002) was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine.

Jennifer Weiner studied at Princeton University and Simsbury High School. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are romance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia. Works named in the authority record are Good in Bed.

• Name — Jennifer Weiner • Born — 28 March 1970 • Birthplace — DeRidder, Louisiana, U.S. • Education — Princeton University (AB) • Occupation — Novelist • Genre — Fiction, Women's fiction • Notable Works — Good in Bed (2001) In Her Shoes (2002) • Spouse — Bill Syken (m. 2016) • Children — 2 • Website — jenniferweiner.com

Weiner was born to a Jewish family in DeRidder, Louisiana, where her father was stationed as an army physician. The next year, her family (including a younger sister and two brothers) moved to Simsbury, Connecticut, where Weiner spent her childhood. When Weiner was 16, her father abandoned the family. He died of a crack cocaine overdose in 2008. Her first novel, Good in Bed, is loosely based on her young-adult life: like the main character, Cannie Shapiro, Weiner's parents divorced when she was 16, and her mother came out as a lesbian at age 55. Weiner has said that she was "one of only nine Jewish kids in her high school class of 400" at Simsbury High School. She entered Princeton University at the age of 17 and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in English in 1991 after completing an 86-page-long senior thesis titled "'Never Far From Mother --' On the Uses of Essentialism in Novels and Films." At Princeton, Weiner studied with J. D. McClatchy, Ann Lauterbach, John McPhee, Toni Morrison, and Joyce Carol Oates. Her first published story, "Tour of Duty," appeared in Seventeen in 1992.

After graduating from college, Weiner joined the Centre Daily Times, the daily newspaper of State College, Pennsylvania, where she managed the education beat and wrote a regular column called "Generation XIII" (referring to the 13th generation following the American Revolution), aka "Generation X." From there, she moved on to Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader, still penning her "Generation XIII" column, before finding a job with The Philadelphia Inquirer as a features reporter. She continued to write for the Inquirer, freelancing on the side for Mademoiselle, Seventeen, and other publications, until after her first novel, Good in Bed, was published in 2001. In 2005, her second novel, In Her Shoes (2002), was made into a feature film starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine by 20th Century Fox. Her sixth novel, Best Friends Forever, was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller and made Publishers Weekly's list of the longest-running bestsellers of the year. To date, she is the author of nine bestselling books, including eight novels and a collection of short stories, with a reported 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. Her novel The Next Best Thing was published by Simon & Schuster in July 2012. Her writing on gender and culture appears frequently in The New York Times. • Illustration — Jennifer Weiner and Erica Jong at the Miami Book Fair International 2013 In addition to writing fiction, Weiner is a co-creator and executive producer of the (now-cancelled) ABC Family sitcom State of Georgia, and she is known for "live-tweeting" episodes of the reality dating shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. In 2011, TIME named her to its list of the Top 140 Twitter Feeds "shaping the conversation." She is a self-described feminist.

In Her Shoes (2002) was made into a major motion picture in 2005 with Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. She also made a cameo appearance in this film.

After signing a development deal with ABC Family in 2008, Weiner wrote a pilot for a half-hour sitcom with producer Jeff Greenstein (Desperate Housewives), originally called The Great State of Georgia and starring a plus-sized young woman who aspires to be a Broadway star. In 2010, the network ordered the show to series (renamed State of Georgia), and it went on to air 12 episodes in the summer of 2011. On September 16, Weiner announced the show's cancellation via Twitter.

Weiner made her TV debut on The Tony Danza Show in 2005, reappearing in 2006. She made a cameo appearance as herself in the Younger episode "The Jade Crusade" in 2016.

Weiner married attorney Adam Bonin in October 2001. They have two children and separated in 2010. On March 19, 2016, she married writer Bill Syken.

• Good in Bed (2001) – Chronicles the experiences of Candace Shapiro, a Jewish journalist from Philadelphia. The plot of the story revolves around the distress that comes from leading an unstable love life while trying to balance a professional career. Candace learns the positive benefits of being independent during tough times in her life. Weiner often acknowledges the influence that her personal history played in her first official novel. • In Her Shoes (2002) – Published in September 2002, In Her Shoes tells the story of two sisters who have nothing in common, except their shoe size, and a grandmother neither of them ever knew. USA Today says the book "will make you laugh and possibly cry." In October 2005, the novel was turned into a major motion picture, starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley Maclaine. • Little Earthquakes (2004) – This book contains the story of a newscaster, Ayinde, who moves to Philadelphia following her husband who is an NBA player for the 76ers. She becomes friends with Becky and Kelly and together they created an unbreakable sisterhood bond. • Goodnight Nobody (2005) – This story follows the story of Kate Klein who relocates her family and herself to Upchurch, Connecticut. She lives the suburban mom lifestyle and later spends her time starting an investigation, along with two of her friends, about the death of Kitty Cavanaugh. • The Guy Not Taken (2006) – This is a collection of eleven separate stories from Weiner. The stories cover many subject areas, from a teenage girl coping with the loss of her father, to a widow opening up her home to a pair of homeless girls. • Certain Girls (2008) – Certain Girls is the sequel to Good In Bed. Released in April 2008, it begins where Cannie, the heroine of Good In Bed left off with her debut novel becoming an overnight bestseller. • Best Friends Forever (2009) - Two childhood friends named Valerie Adler and Adelaide "Addie" Downs are reunited when Valerie believes she accidentally ran over the star football player at their high school reunion. • Fly Away Home (2010) • Then Came You (2011) • The Next Best Thing (2012) • All Fall Down (2014) • Who Do You Love (2015) – This story is about two young children who meet in a hospital and are forced to part ways. Thinking that they will never see each other again, they move on with their lives, only to later end up in the presence of each other, where they must decide if their love can keep them together. • Mrs. Everything (2019) • Big Summer (2020) • That Summer (2021) • The Summer Place (2022) • The Breakaway (2023) • The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits (2025)

• Disconnected (2013) • Recalculating (2011) • Swim (2012) • The Half Life (2010) • A Memoir of Grief (2012) • Good Men (2013)

• Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing (2016)

• "Victoria's Secret Finally Set Its Angels Free. Better Late Than Never." (New York Times, June 17, 2021)

Jennifer Weiner is recorded as novelist, journalist, writer and television producer.