Jenny Han

Jenny Han studied at The New School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies. The recorded working language is English and American English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are romance. Works named in the authority record are The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy, The Summer I Turned Pretty and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Distinctions recorded are Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature.

• Name — Jenny Han • Born — 3 September 1980 • Birthplace — Richmond, Virginia, U.S. • Occupation — Author • Years Active — 2006present • Education — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) The New School (MFA) • Genre — Young adult fiction • Notable Works — The Summer I Turned Pretty To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, to Korean-American parents. She graduated from Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in 1998, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2006, she received her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at The New School.

Han wrote her first book, the children's novel Shug, while she was in college. Shug was published in 2006 and is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school. Her next project was a young adult romance trilogy about a girl's coming-of-age during her summer breaks. The three novels, The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You, and We'll Always Have Summer, were published from 2009 to 2011 by Simon & Schuster and quickly became New York Times Best Sellers. The trilogy is the story of protagonist-narrator Belly Conklin, who struggles to choose between two brothers she has known her whole life and works through a messy love triangle. Han's second young adult trilogy was co-written with Siobhan Vivian and began with the 2012 publication of Burn for Burn. The novel follows three high school girls seeking revenge in their island town and contains paranormal and romance elements. The trilogy includes Fire with Fire, published in 2013, and Ashes to Ashes, published in 2014. In 2014, Han released a young adult romance novel, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, about Lara Jean Song Covey, a high school student whose life turns upside down when the letters she wrote to her five past crushes are mailed without her knowledge. The novel was optioned for a screen adaptation within weeks of its publication. The sequel, P.S. I Still Love You, was released the following year, and won the Young Adult 2015–2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. A third novel, Always and Forever, Lara Jean, was released in 2017.

Standalone novels: • Shug (2006) • Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream (2011) • My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (2014) The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy: • The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009) • It's Not Summer Without You (2010) • We'll Always Have Summer (2011) Burn for Burn trilogy: • Burn for Burn (2012) • Fire with Fire (2013) • Ashes to Ashes (2014) To All The Boys I've Loved Before trilogy: • To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2014) • P.S. I Still Love You (2015) • Always and Forever, Lara Jean (2017)

• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Writer — Executive producer — Director • 2018 — To All the Boys I've Loved Before — Cameo as a teacher at the school dance • 2020 — To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You — Cameo as a teacher comforting a student during the school's choir performance • 2021 — To All the Boys: Always and Forever — Cameo as a teacher at the awards ceremony • 2022–2025 — The Summer I Turned Pretty — Creator, wrote 4 episodes and directed "Last Dance" Appeared in cameo as background character • 2023–present — XO, Kitty — Creator, co-wrote "XO" Appeared in cameo as airport gate agent