Emily Franklin

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Growing up, Emily Franklin wanted to be “a singing, tap-dancing doctor who writes books.”

Having learned early on that she has little to no dancing ability, she left the tap world behind, studied at Oxford University, and received an undergraduate degree concentrating in writing and neuroscience from Sarah Lawrence College. Though she gave serious thought to a career in medicine, eventually that career followed her dancing dreams.

After extensive travel, some “character-building” relationships, and a stint as a chef, Emily went back to school at Dartmouth where she skied (or fished, depending on the season) daily, wrote a few screenplays, and earned her Master’s Degree in writing and media studies.

While editing medical texts and dreaming abo...more Growing up, Emily Franklin wanted to be “a singing, tap-dancing doctor who writes books.”

Having learned early on that she has little to no dancing ability, she left the tap world behind, studied at Oxford University, and received an undergraduate degree concentrating in writing and neuroscience from Sarah Lawrence College. Though she gave serious thought to a career in medicine, eventually that career followed her dancing dreams.

After extensive travel, some “character-building” relationships, and a stint as a chef, Emily went back to school at Dartmouth where she skied (or fished, depending on the season) daily, wrote a few screenplays, and earned her Master’s Degree in writing and media studies.

While editing medical texts and dreaming about writing a novel, Emily went to Martha’s Vineyard on a whim and met her future husband who is, of course, a doctor. And a pianist. He plays. They sing. They get married. He finishes medical school, they have a child, she writes a novel. Emily’s dreams are realized. She writes books.

Emily Franklin is the author of two adult novels, The Girls' Almanac and Liner Notes and more than a dozen books for young adults including the critically-acclaimed seven book fiction series for teens, The Principles of Love. Other young adult books include The Other Half of Me the Chalet Girls series, and At Face Value, a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac (coming in September 2008).

She edited the anthologies It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths about Life in Your Twenties and How to Spell Chanukah: 18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights. She is co-editor of Before: Short Stories about Pregnancy from Our Top Writers.

Her book of essays and recipes, Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, 102 New Recipes ~ A Memoir of Tasting, Testing, and Discovery in the Kitchen will be published by Hyperion.

Emily’s work has appeared in The Boston Globe and the Mississippi Review as well as in many anthologies including Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School by Today's Top Writers, and Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers on the Mother-Daughter Bond. Emily writes regularly about food and parenting for national magazines and newspapers. She travels, teaches writing seminars, and speaks on panels, but does not tap dance. Emily Franklin lives outside of Boston with her husband and their four young children. (less)

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Average rating: 3.49 · 2,796 ratings · 559 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin, Brendan Halpin (Goodreads Author) 3.15 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin, Brendan Halpin (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties by Emily Franklin, Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Principles of Love (The Principles of Love, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	At Face Value 3.55 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Other Half of Me 3.47 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Love From London (The Principles of Love, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Too Many Cooks: 4 Kids, 1 Mom, 102 New Recipes 3.68 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Piece, Love, and Happiness (The Principles of Love, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Summer of Love (The Principles of Love, #5) 3.71 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Principles of Love (7 books)
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“You did respond—your response was the worst kind—you did nothing.”
― Emily Franklin, Balancing Acts: Chalet Girls

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“That's what the best par of life is, those days or minutes you can't ever frame or paint beforehand”
― Emily Franklin, The Other Half of Me

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“it's funny how you can't exactly pick your crush. well, you can, but once it get hold of you, it's hard to shake off. ”
― Emily Franklin, The Other Half of Me

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