“I learned that saying you love your friends isn't enough: that love is a verb - it requires Acts of Love. It is all about the doing, not the saying, and now I make a point, every day, of emailing or phoning or making a plan with those I love.”

English novelist based in the United States

Jane Green is an English novelist based in the United States. By 2014, her books had sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and they had been translated into 31 languages. She has also been described as one of the first writers associated with chick lit. Green is known for popular fiction that reached a wide international readership. Her work has been published in many languages, which reflects the broad appeal of her novels and the commercial success they achieved.