Abby Jimenez | |
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 Jimenez in 2024 | |
| Occupation | Novelist and baker |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Romance |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Notable works | The Friend Zone,The Happy Ever After Playlist,Life's too Short,Part of Your World, Just For The Summer |
Abby Jimenez is a New York Times bestselling author and baker living in Minnesota.
Jimenez was a retail manager in 2007 when she lost her job and founded Nadia Cakes out of her home kitchen in the same year. In 2009 she opened her first brick and mortar location of Nadia Cakes in Palmdale California. [1]
In 2013, Abby won Food Network's Cupcake Wars. [2] [3] She now owns and operates cake shops in Maple Grove and Woodbury in Minnesota and in Palmdale, California. The bakery has since gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions and has amassed an international following.
Beyond baking, Abby is a New York Times best selling author having written 2 series of romance novels. Abby's third and fourth novels Life's Too Short (2021) and Part of Your World (2022) both went on to become USA Today and New York Times Bestsellers. Her novels have been optioned by Thruline Entertainment, which has begun work on a film adaptation of The Happy Ever After Playlist. [4] Her most recent novel Just For The Summer (2024) reached number 1 on the New York Times best seller list. [5] It was also picked for Good Morning America's Book Club for April 2024. [6]
The "Friend Zone" Series
The "Part of Your World" Series
Her novel Yours Truly was chosen as Book of the Year for 2023 by members of the Book of the Month club. [14]
Jimenez's Life's Too Short won a 2022 Minnesota Book Award in the Genre Fiction category. [15]
Her novel The Friend Zone was a bestseller in Poland and won an Empik award in 2020. [16] 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. [17]
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