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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 · 3,340,125 ratings · 312,309 reviews · 152 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eleanor & Park 3.92 avg rating — 1,273,416 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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 — 787,087 ratings — published 2013 — 124 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 — 337,197 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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 — 211,272 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Landline 3.54 avg rating — 172,814 ratings — published 2014 — 76 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 — 117,768 ratings — published 2019 — 52 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 — 91,677 ratings — published 2019 — 22 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 — 73,962 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 — 63,257 ratings — published 2021 — 2 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 — 19,763 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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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 — 13,661 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 — 6,485 ratings

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

4.16 avg rating — 5,313 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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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

16 votes 17.4%

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

12 votes 13.0%

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

10 votes 10.9%

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

9 votes 9.8%

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

8 votes 8.7%

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

7 votes 7.6%

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

7 votes 7.6%

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (A Curse So Dark and Lonely, #1) by Brigid Kemmerer

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

6 votes 6.5%

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

4 votes 4.3%

Under Locke by Mariana Zapata

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Idol by Kristen Callihan

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Fastball (Philadelphia Patriots, #1) by V.K. Sykes

Fastball by V.K. Sykes

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From Rags by Suzanne Wright

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Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

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