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Rainbow Rowell

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Omaha, Nebraska, The United States

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Rainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff.

Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE, SLOW DANCE).

Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .

Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).

Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.

She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,325,700 ratings · 310,221 reviews · 152 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eleanor & Park 3.92 avg rating — 1,270,351 ratings — published 2012 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fangirl 3.93 avg rating — 785,592 ratings — published 2013 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 336,467 ratings — published 2015 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attachments 3.86 avg rating — 210,873 ratings — published 2011 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landline 3.54 avg rating — 172,611 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 117,503 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Contributor) 4.01 avg rating — 91,513 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Dance 3.66 avg rating — 72,603 ratings — published 2024 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 63,028 ratings — published 2021 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindred Spirits 3.90 avg rating — 19,742 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Meet Cherry.

Hello, hello,

I have a new book coming out this month, and I wanted to make sure to tell you about it.

The book is called CHERRY BABY, and it's another realistic book about adults, in the vein of Landline and Slow Dance. It lands in bookstores April 14th.

I find my books hard to summarize, but here's how The New York Times did it:

"When her husband's semiautobiographical webcomic goes viral, Che

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Fangirl (2 books)
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3.92 avg rating — 797,532 ratings

Simon Snow (3 books)
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Runaways (2017) (Collected Editions) (6 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author),

Andrés Genolet (Illustrator),

Natacha Bustos (Illustrator)

4.02 avg rating — 13,608 ratings

She-Hulk (2022) (Single Issues) (15 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author),

Jen Bartel (Cover Art),

Luca Maresca (Artist)

4.03 avg rating — 6,459 ratings

Runaways (2017) (Single Issues) (38 books)
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Kris Anka (Artist)

4.16 avg rating — 5,309 ratings

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“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

tags: art, love

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“I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

tags: fear, friendship, tired, trust

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“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

tags: friendship, high-school, love, relationships, sweet, teenage-love

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Landline

by Rainbow Rowell

19 votes, 27.1%

11/22/63

by Stephen King

12 votes, 17.1%

I Am Pilgrim

by Terry Hayes

9 votes, 12.9%

The Lifeboat

by Charlotte Rogan

6 votes, 8.6%

Sweet Salt Air

by Barbara Delinsky

6 votes, 8.6%

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo

6 votes, 8.6%

Unravelling Oliver

by Liz Nugent

4 votes, 5.7%

Beach Town: A Novel

by Mary Kay Andrews

3 votes, 4.3%

Leaving Atlanta

by Tayari Jones

3 votes, 4.3%

Mercy Snow

by Tiffany Baker

2 votes, 2.9%

70 total votes

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