Abby Jimenez (writer)

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Abby Jimenez
Occupation Novelist and baker
NationalityAmerican
GenreRomance
Years active2007-present
Notable worksThe Friend Zone,The Happy Ever After Playlist,Life's too Short,Part of Your World, Just For The Summer
Website
www.authorabbyjimenez.com

Abby Jimenez is an American romance novelist and founder of Nadia Cakes. She is the author of the books The Friend Zone (2019), The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020) (both gaining recognition as USA Today best sellers.) [1] [2] [3] [4]

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She later released her third and fourth novels, Life's Too Short (2021) and Part of Your World (2022). Life's Too Short and Part of Your World both went on to become USA Today and New York Times Bestsellers. [5] [6] [7] [8] Her novels have been optioned by Thruline Entertainment, which has begun work on a film adaptation of The Happy Ever After Playlist. [9]

Her most recent novel Just For The Summer (2024) reached number 1 on the New York Times best seller list. [10] It was also picked for Good Morning America's Book Club for April 2024. [11]

Career

Jimenez was a retail manager in 2007. She lost her job and founded Nadia Cakes in the same year. She now owns and operates cake shops in Maple Grove and Woodbury in Minnesota and in Palmdale, California. She was the winner of Food Network's Cupcake Wars in 2013. [12] [1]

Works

Awards

Her novel Yours Truly was chosen as Book of the Year for 2023 by members of the Book of the Month club. [20]

Jimenez's Life's Too Short won a 2022 Minnesota Book Award in the Genre Fiction category. [21]

Her novel The Friend Zone was a bestseller in Poland and won an Empik award in 2020. [22] The audiobook for her 2019 novel The Friend Zone, narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon, was nominated for an Audie Award for Romance in 2020. [23]

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  2. ↑ Rodale, Maya. "For April, 3 Romances That Provide Delicious Escapes". NPR . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Life's Too Short - USA Today". 'USA Today'.
  9. 1 2 "NADIA CAKES OWNER ABBY JIMENEZ RELEASES THIRD BOOK". CCX. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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