Rachael Lippincott

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Rachael Lippincott
Born (1994-12-05) December 5, 1994 (age 30)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Pittsburgh

Rachael Lippincott (born December 5, 1994) is a New York Times bestselling American novelist. She is best known for writing the book adaptation of Five Feet Apart , published on November 20, 2018, which became a major motion picture directed by Justin Baldoni. [1]

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Early life and education

Lippincott was born in Philadelphia, and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [2] She graduated from George School in 2013. [3] Lippincott originally attended the University of Pittsburgh for pre-med, before changing her major to English writing. She took a class called Writing Youth Literature taught by novelist Siobhan Vivian, which changed everything for her. [4] She graduated in 2017. [5]

Career

In 2018, Lippincott wrote the novelization of Five Feet Apart from a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. The book sold over a million copies and spent 60 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. [6] It won Best Young Adult Fiction in the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards. [7]

In 2020, Lippincott published All This Time with Mikki Daughtry. [8] It was a New York Times Bestseller. [9]

Lippincott's next novel, The Lucky List, was published on June 1, 2021. It was her first solo novel. [10]

Lippincott then co-wrote She Gets the Girl with her wife, Alyson Derrick. The story was loosely inspired by their own love story. [11] It was a New York Times Bestseller. [12]

Personal life

Lippincott resides in Pennsylvania with her wife, daughter, and their dog, Hank. [13]

Bibliography

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  1. ↑ "Moving On Up: 'Five Feet Apart'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ↑ "BIOGRAPHY". Rachael Lippincott. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. ↑ "Rachael Lippincott '13 Publishes Five Feet Apart". George School. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Strengthening New Voices: A Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Siobhan Vivian | English | University of Pittsburgh". www.english.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. ↑ "Q&A with Pitt grad Rachael Lippincott". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Lionsgate Lands YA Novel All This Time From Five Feet Apart Team". Deadline. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. ↑ Cadden, Mary (December 10, 2019). "Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Rick Riordan among winners of Goodreads' best books of 2019". USA Today . Archived from the original on December 22, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Four Questions with Rachael Lippincott". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  11. ↑ "Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick, She Gets the Girl". We Need Diverse Books. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
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