‘Anyone Could Be the Girl Next Door’: How Jenny Han Defied Hollywood Typecasting to Turn ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Into a Smash Hit
variety.comRachel Seo Sitting in her writing office, surrounded by mossy green bookshelves, Jenny Han is telling an origin story of sorts.
She was 24, and her first novel was about to be published. At the time, it wasn’t considered appropriate for authors to put their headshot on the back flap of their books.
But Han wanted hers to be on it — not for vanity’s sake but to reinforce the magnitude of her achievement. Because when she was younger, she “just didn’t know it was possible to be an author.” Eleven books, three movies and two TV shows later, the YA writer has built a fervent fan base through her ability to capture the flutter of an emerging crush, the euphoria of falling in love, the scald of heartbreak.
Netflix’s adaptation of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” became one of the streaming service’s most-viewed original movies upon its premiere in 2018. “The Summer I Turned Pretty” vaulted to the No.
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