Jasmine Guillory | |
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 Guillory at the 2022 Texas Book Festival | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bishop O'Dowd High School Wellesley College Stanford Law School |
| Genre | Romance |
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Jasmine Guillory is an American romance novelist. Her works' protagonists are often African-American professionals. [1] In February 2019, her book, The Proposal, was ranked on The New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction. [2]
Guillory graduated from Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California in 1993. [3] She then majored in history at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, graduating in 1997. [4] After graduation, Guillory worked in Washington D.C. for two years before attending Stanford Law School. [4] She graduated in 2002, [5] and later clerked at a Federal District Court in San Francisco for two years before joining a law firm where she focused on security and intellectual property. [3]
In April 2015, Guillory began transitioning to a career as an author. [4] She participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an annual writing project where she completed half of a book draft for her first published novel, The Wedding Date (2018). [6] [7] The book was noted in publications by Target, Elle Magazine, The Washington Post, and USA Today Bestsellers. [3] Her subsequent novels include The Proposal (2018), The Wedding Party (2019), and Party of Two (2020). [8] [9] [10] Her work features protagonists of color and addresses race throughout the storylines. [9] According to Hannah Giorgis of The Atlantic , Guillory's writing frequently includes consent as a theme. [9]
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