Adena Halpern (born December 8, 1968) is an American author best known for her "chick lit" novels, "The Ten Best Days of My Life," "29" and "Pinch Me."
Career
After graduating from
Harriton High School
Harriton Senior High School , also known simply as Harriton High School, is a Public school (government funded), public secondary school in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, serving portions of Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The school is located on ...
outside Philadelphia, she attended
New York University
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, graduating with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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degree in dramatic writing. She then received her
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...
degree from the
American Film Institute
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in Los Angeles. In 2004, Halpern began writing a monthly column for Marie Claire Magazine titled "Haute Life." In 2007, she adapted her column into her first published book, ''Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet.'' ''Target Underwear'' was a memoir. Halpern followed this with three novels, ''The Ten Best Days of My Life,'' ''29'' and ''Pinch Me,'' each of which followed a female protagonist coping with fantastical events.
Both ''The Ten Best Days of My Life'' and ''29'' have been optioned by
20th Century Fox
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for film adaptations.
Amy Adams
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is attached to star in ''The Ten Best Days of My Life.''
Personal life
Halpern lives in
Los Angeles
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with her husband, director and screenwriter
Jonathan Goldstein whom she married in 2007.
Adena Halpern, Jonathan Goldstein - New York Times
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Bibliography
References
External links
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Living people
1968 births
21st-century American novelists
American romantic fiction writers
American women novelists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
AFI Conservatory alumni
21st-century American women writers
American women romantic fiction writers
Harriton High School alumni