Jenny Han

Jenny Han was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia, to Korean immigrant parents. Though she started writing at age seven, she also felt the pressure that she suggests many children of immigrants feel to pursue a “practical” profession, such as medicine or law. But her parents supported her writing aspirations. While working on her MFA at New York University, Han worked in a bookstore in their children’s section and also spent several years as a school librarian. This immersed her in the world of children’s and teen lit. She wrote and published her first novel, Shug, at the same time that she was finishing her masters. Since Shug, Han has written several trilogies, including The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, Burn for Burn trilogy, and the To All the Boys trilogy. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was Han’s first novel that featured an Asian American protagonist, and it catapulted her to fame. She was involved in adapting and producing all three of the Netflix films. Han lives in Brooklyn, New York.