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Rachael Lippincott

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  • Comment: need ck for further reviews DGG ( talk ) 07:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Comment: Agree with previous reviewers - insufficient evidence of notability for a stand-alone article. MurielMary (talk) 22:16, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Comment: This should be developed as a section in the film article since it is a novelization, and you have not provided the sources that show she is a NYT best-seller. AngusWOOF (barksniff) 21:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

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

Early life and education

Rachael Lippincott was born in Philadelphia, and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[2] She graduated from George School in 2013.[3] Lippincott originally attending the University of Pittsburgh for pre-med, before changing her major to English Writing, where 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] Additionally, it won Best Young Adult Fiction in the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards.[7]

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

Her 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, the two meeting at the University of Pittsburgh.[11] It was an instant New York Times Bestseller.[12]

Personal life

She resides in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her wife and their dog, Hank.[13]

Bibliography

  • 2018 – Five Feet Apart
  • 2020 – All This Time
  • 2021 – The Lucky List
  • 2022 – She Gets the Girl

References

  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. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. ^ "2019 Goodreads Choice Awards". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  8. ^ "Q&A: Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott, Authors of All This Time". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  9. ^ "New York Times Bestseller List". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  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. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  12. ^ "New York Times Bestseller List". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  13. ^ "BIOGRAPHY". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 2022-05-10.