“The
difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those
who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make
yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of
obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.”
– Jennifer Weiner
Born in 1970, Weiner jump-started
her writing career by developing a column called Generation XIII, i.e., Generation X – the
generation to which she belongs – at a small Pennsylvania newspaper. After a stint at the Lexington, KY, Herald-Leader she moved over to the Philadelphia Inquirer where she
continued to write her columns, did feature stories, and freelanced for such
notable magazines as Mademoiselle and Seventeen.
After earning awards for her
newspaper work, she started writing novels in the 2000s and has had great
success, including the terrific In Her Shoes (also made into a feature film). To date, she
has authored more than a dozen novels, and short story collections selling millions of copies around the globe.
“I don't write literary fiction,”
she said. “I write books that are
entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny
and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in
America today.”
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