Stephanie Perkins | |
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 Perkins at the 2014 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | South Carolina, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Young Adult, Contemporary, Horror |
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Stephanie Perkins is an American author, known for her books Anna and the French Kiss , Lola and the Boy Next Door, The New York Times bestseller Isla and the Happily Ever After, and, There's Someone Inside Your House , the latter of which was adapted into a film of the same name by Netflix. [1] [2]
Perkins was born in South Carolina. During her formative years, she lived in Arizona with her family, and attended universities in California and Georgia. After spending a year living in San Francisco, she moved away to live with her husband, Jarrod Perkins in Asheville, North Carolina. [3]
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