Her skin tanned more quickly, her hair feathered more easily, and she didn't need braces. So we located our birthdays in the following year, mine in May and hers in September.

My best friend Darcy and I came across a perpetual calendar in the back of the phone book, where you could look up any date in the future, and by using this little grid, determine what the day of the week would be.

The Diary of Darcy J.I was in the fifth grade the first time I thought about turning thirty.

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. Three appeared simultaneously on USA Today's Top 150 list. Nine of her novels have been international bestsellers. She spent 2007 finishing her fourth novel, Love the One You're With. In 2006, her third novel, Baby Proof, made its debut. While doing revisions on Something Borrowed, she found the inspiration for a sequel, Something Blue (2005). Giffin found an agent in 2002 and signed a two-book deal with St. Giffin began a new novel, then titled Rolling the Dice, which became the bestselling novel Something Borrowed, released in 2004, which received positive reviews and made it to the New York Times bestsellers list. Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publishers. In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full-time. Career Īfter graduating from law school in 1997, she moved to Manhattan and worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn. She then attended law school at the University of Virginia. 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 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. Early life Įmily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972. Her notable works include Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only. University of Virginia School of Law ( J.D.)Įmily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin