American writer, screenwriter and producer Jenny Hahn has become famous for her books in the genre of love prose. Especially popular are her trilogies "This Summer I Became Beautiful" and "To All the Boys I Loved." According to her scripts, the films "To All the Boys I Loved Before" and "To All the Boys: P. S. I love you". The author also acted as a producer.
Jenny Khan has a lot of hobbies. She reproduces the dialogues from her favorite movie "Clueless" from memory, calls herself a fan of the TV project "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The writer, who has a great sense of humor, jokes that she would love to become Oprah Winfrey's friend, but would not give up the title of Santa Claus's assistant. Both that, and another would have turned out perfectly for her.
Carier start
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1980. The girl was born in Richmont on September 3. In the family, she became the eldest child. Jenny has a younger sister with whom the writer has a very good relationship.
The girls were taught to play the piano, drawing. Both daughters studied Korean. Jenny loved to read, this activity was fully approved by her parents. Although they studied both mathematics and music with the eldest child, the adults understood perfectly well that Jenny would not become either a pianist or a scientist in the future. All attempts to find their own kind of creativity were encouraged. Only overnight hikes were prohibited. It was about this, according to the already adult Jenny Khan, that she regretted for a very long time.
From childhood, the writer was distinguished by the ability to see the main character traits of people, and the essence. The nicknames given by her were firmly glued to their peers. She liked writing.
At the age of seven, Khan began to write. The heroines of her first creations were girls with personal tragedy. True, later the author admitted that she knew absolutely nothing either about the divorces of her parents, because of which her characters were worried, or about the incurable diseases that her characters suffered. The main thing was strong feelings and a sense of impending disaster.
She attended a regular school, then continued her education at the college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While studying there, work began on the first book. The debut was the novel for children, Shug, published in 2006. Its main character was Anna-Maria Wilcox, and it was told in the work about the girl's attempts to overcome the difficult period of elementary school for her.
First successes
The author managed to perfectly convey the constant change in the mood of the girl, her throwing and problems. The heroine has a difficult relationship with her parents, she is worried about her love for the guy, whom she used to consider only a friend.
A book with a special character was completed in 2011. The prototype of one of the heroines of "Clara Lee and the Dreams of Apple Pie" was the younger sister of the writer. The writer herself explained that although she grew up in America, she did not forget about Korean blood. Therefore, an ethnic orientation is felt in the work.
Clara herself is distinguished by a bold and cheerful character, she has a wonderful imagination and a lot of mischief. And the girl also has a beloved sister, Emmeline. Illustrator Julia Kuo drew characters from the childhood snapshot given to her by the author.
Jenny successfully completed her studies with a Master of Fine Arts. Khan tried to find a calling at the job of assistant editor. Then she was accepted as a teacher at the University of Pennsylvania. Khan decided that she would definitely start a career as a writer. This decision was reinforced at the New School.
New heroes
The new bestseller was “To All the Boys I Loved”, completed in 2014. The main character, Lara Jin Song-Covey, is 16 years old. She finds it difficult to flaunt her feelings. Therefore, the girl decided to describe her experiences in letters = confessions to the guys she liked. Without the knowledge of the author, the messages are sent to the addressees. Lara's life turns into a nightmare.
She is forced to avoid both her sister and best friend. After feeling feelings for the first handsome man in the school, she turns into his fictitious girlfriend. But Lada Jane herself is not sure that she can play such a role for a long time. And the heroine does not know how long it takes for her to sort out her feelings and become happy.
The second book “P. S. I Still Love You”was awarded the prize, Asia Pacific American Literature Award for Teenage Novel 2015-2016. The trilogy ended with the book With Love, Lara Jean in 2017.
The heroine managed to solve the problems. Finally her life goes according to her plan. She is going to study with Peter after graduation at a college near her home. However, the idyll is destroyed by the news received. Now the heroine will again have to look for a way out of a difficult situation.
It was decided to film the work.
Readers have received a new book by the writer "Belly Trilogy". Sixteen-year-old Isabella became her heroine. In the company of her mother's best friends and their children, the girl spends time on the beach, calling this place the best on earth. Summer becomes the threshold of the main events in her life.
Future plans
Unlike Step, which is designed for children, the new novel This Summer I Became Beautiful was intended for teenagers. The author managed to convey the dreaminess of the main character and all her emotions. The book is imbued with nostalgia for the past youth and the inability to relive all her feelings again.
Gradually, the writer realized that her plan could not be limited to one book. This is how the trilogy was born. In the sequel, "Summer is not summer without you," Belle is going through the death of Konrad and Jeremy's mother, trying to help those close to her. The book "We will always have summer" became the culmination.
The books entered the New York Times bestseller list. The rights to the film adaptation were purchased by one of the film studios. Work began on the script and casting for the main roles.
The writer willingly talks about her hobbies. She admits that she adores cooking, but tries not to talk about her personal life. True, according to her own admission, if she has children, she will bring them up the way her parents did to temper the character of the kids. The writer does not tell anything about the chosen one or her husband.
But she does not hide her new project, collaboration with Siobhan Vivian. True, he does not disclose any details here either.
