Emily Giffin

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.

Her notable works include Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only.

Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972.

She attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), where she was a member of a creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper.

Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double-majored in history and English and also served as manager of the basketball team.

She then attended law school at the University of Virginia.

After graduating from law school in 1997, she moved to Manhattan and worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn.

In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full-time.

Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publishers.

Giffin found an agent in 2002 and signed a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press.

Giffin began a new novel, then titled Rolling the Dice, which became the bestselling novel Something Borrowed, released in 2004.

The novel received positive reviews and made it to the New York Times bestsellers list.

While doing revisions on Something Borrowed, she found the inspiration for a sequel, Something Blue (2005).

In 2006, her third novel, Baby Proof, made its debut.

She spent 2007 finishing her fourth novel, Love the One You're With.

Nine of her novels have been international bestsellers.

Three appeared simultaneously on USA Today's Top 150 list.

Something Borrowed was adapted into a major feature film (released on May 6, 2011), and its sequel novel, Something Blue, has also been optioned for film.