Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several

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s commonly categorized as

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. Her notable works include ''

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'', ''Heart of the Matter'' and ''The One and Only''.

Early life

Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972. She attended

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in Naperville,

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(a suburb of

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), 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

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, where she double-majored in history and English and also served as manager of the

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. She then attended law school at the

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Career

After graduating from law school in 1997, she moved to

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and worked in the litigation department of

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. In 2001, she moved to

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and began writing full-time. Her first young adult novel, ''Lily Holding True'', was rejected by eight publishers. Giffin began a new novel, then titled ''Rolling the Dice'', which became the bestselling novel ''

,'' released in 2004, which received positive reviews and made it to the New York Times bestsellers list. Giffin found an agent in 2002 and signed a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press. 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 ''

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s Top 150 list. ''Something Borrowed'' was adapted into a major

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(released on May 6, 2011), and its sequel novel, ''Something Blue,'' has also been optioned for film.McNary, Dave
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''

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'', 26 August 2008.

Novels

* ''

'' (2004) * ''Something Blue'' (2005) * ''Baby Proof'' (2006) * ''Love the One You're With'' (2008) * ''Heart of the Matter'' (2010) * ''The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone'' (2012): Prequel to ''Something Blue'' and ''Something Borrowed'' * '' Where We Belong'' (2012) * ''The One and Only'' (2014) * ''First Comes Love'' (2016) * ''All We Ever Wanted'' (2018) * ''The Lies That Bind'' (2020) * ''Meant to Be'' (2022)

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