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Rainbow Rowell

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Omaha, Nebraska, The United States

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http://www.rainbowrowell.com

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Rainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff.

Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE, SLOW DANCE).

Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .

Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).

Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.

She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 3,075,716 ratings · 286,774 reviews · 130 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eleanor & Park 3.94 avg rating — 1,193,970 ratings — published 2012 — 155 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fangirl 3.95 avg rating — 755,716 ratings — published 2013 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 318,770 ratings — published 2015 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attachments 3.87 avg rating — 201,973 ratings — published 2011 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landline 3.54 avg rating — 168,381 ratings — published 2014 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 109,995 ratings — published 2019 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 84,064 ratings — published 2019 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 56,570 ratings — published 2021 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindred Spirits 3.90 avg rating — 19,435 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Almost Midnight by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author), Simini Blocker (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 13,522 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Read 'Slow Dance' with Reese's Book Club

this photo makes me feel like one of the designing women. Please notice that i have a ring that says “slow dance.”

Slow Dance was selected by Reese’s Book Club for the month of August, and it’s been a truly magical experience for me.

I actually got to go to Los Angeles to meet the RBC team — they were lovely — and there was a big party to celebrate the book and books in general, with wine and rose

Series by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl (2 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)

3.94 avg rating — 765,583 ratings

Simon Snow (3 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)

4.10 avg rating — 485,413 ratings

Runaways (2017) (Collected Editions) (6 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author),

Andrés Genolet (Illustrator),

Natacha Bustos (Illustrator)

4.02 avg rating — 13,137 ratings

She-Hulk (2022) (Single Issues) (15 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author),

Jen Bartel (Cover Art),

Luca Maresca (Artist)

4.03 avg rating — 5,401 ratings

Runaways (2017) (Single Issues) (38 books)
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author),

Kris Anka (Artist)

4.19 avg rating — 5,196 ratings

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Rainbow answered Marshall's question: Ello there! I'm just curious, but do you plan on doing anymore gay romance or fantasy magic type stuff? :] Hi! I don't really plan things this way. I sort of get the characters in my head, and then I write whatever story suits them. This means that I jump around a lot, from adult characters to teen characters, contemporary, fantasy, prose, comics. I've al See Full Answer
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“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

tags: art, love

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“I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

tags: fear, friendship, tired, trust

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“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

tags: friendship, high-school, love, relationships, sweet, teenage-love

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