Amanda Brown (novelist)

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Amanda Brown
Born (1970-10-06) October 6, 1970 (age 54)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater Arizona State University
Genre Fiction
SpouseJustin Chang [1]
Children4 [1]

Amanda Brown Chang [2] (born October 6, 1970) [1] is an American novelist who wrote the novel Legally Blonde , which was the basis for the 2001 film and 2007 musical of the same name. [1]

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Biography

Amanda Brown was born in Phoenix, Arizona as the youngest of four siblings [3] to Jack E. Brown, a lawyer, and Suzanne J. Brown, an art gallery owner. Brown graduated from Arizona State University in 1993. She then proceeded to study at Stanford Law School (never actually receiving a J.D. degree), where she compiled funny letters and stories based on her experiences into a first manuscript that would become the novel Legally Blonde (published 2001). [1]

Brown is married to financier Justin Chang, of Yale University and Harvard Business School. [4] [5] [6] Their daughter, blogger and writer Alexandra Brown Chang, [7] [8] was born in 1999. The family divides their time between San Francisco and Malibu. [9] [4]

Following the success of the 2001 film, Brown released her second book, Family Trust (2003), which was also optioned for a film. [1]

Books

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