“I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to be a writer. Who could I look to? My favorite authors were Ann M. Martin and E.L. Konigsburg and Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry and Norma Klein. They were all white women, and they seemed so stately to me, so elegant. A whole world away.”

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.