“Aching familiar in a way that made me wish I was still eight. Eight was before death or divorce or heartbreak. Eight was just eight. Hot dogs and peanut butter, mosquito bites and splinters, bikes and boogie boards. Tangled hair, sunburned shoulders, Judy Blume, in bed by nine thirty.”

American author, screenwriter, executive producer, and showrunner

Jenny Han is an American author, screenwriter, executive producer, and showrunner. She is best known for writing the young adult novel trilogy The Summer I Turned Pretty, which she later adapted into a television series for Prime Video. She also wrote the To All the Boys trilogy, which was adapted into a Netflix film series. Her work is closely associated with contemporary young adult fiction and with stories that have reached a wide audience across books, film, and television.