About the Author
A writer from Nebraska who got her start in the 1990s as a newspaper columnist at the Omaha World-Herald, Rainbow Rowell is the author of several popular books for young people and adults alike. Her breakthrough novels, Eleanor and Park and Fangirl, were both published in 2013, catapulting Rowell to fame within the YA community. Rowell is active in the online writing community, and regularly participates in both fanfiction communities and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Her most recent projects include writing for the Marvel superhero comic book series Runaways and a “spinoff” series inspired by the Simon Snow novels, the books-within-a-book originated in her novel Fangirl. Her novels for adults include Attachments (2011) and Landline (2014).
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In August of 1986, it is the start of Park Sheridan’s sophomore year of high school. Park takes the bus to school each morning, navigating its fragile social territory by listening to music to dro...
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