Rowell noted in an interview that the material that these parents were calling ' profane' was what many kids in difficult situations realistically had to deal with, and that 'when these people call Eleanor & Park an obscene story, I feel like they’re saying that rising above your situation isn’t possible.' Rowell's work garnered some negative attention in 2013 when a parents' group at a Minnesota high school challenged Eleanor & Park and Rowell was disinvited to a library event a panel ultimately determined that the book could stay on library shelves. In 2019, it was announced that Picturestart had acquired the film rights, with Rowell writing the screenplay and executive producing. In 2014, DreamWorks optioned Eleanor & Park, and Rowell worked on a screenplay, but in 2016, Rowell said the option timed out and the rights reverted to her. Eleanor & Park was also chosen by Amazon as one of the 10 best books of 2013, and as Goodreads' best young adult fiction of the year. It and her novel Fangirl were both named by The New York Times as among the best young adult fiction of the year. In 2013, Rowell published the young adult novel Eleanor & Park. Kirkus Reviews listed it as one of the outstanding debuts that year. The novel, a contemporary romantic comedy about a company's IT guy who falls in love with a woman whose email he has been monitoring, was published in 2011. Rowell gave birth to her first son during this period and paused work on the manuscript for two years. Īfter leaving her position as a columnist, Rowell began working for an ad agency and writing what would become her first published novel, Attachments, as a pastime. Rowell was a columnist and ad copywriter at the Omaha World-Herald from 1995 to 2012.

She was the writer of the 2017 revival of Marvel Comics' Runaways and is currently the writer for She-Hulk. Her young adult novels Eleanor & Park (2012), Fangirl (2013) and Carry On (2015) have been subjects of critical acclaim.

Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973) is an American author known for young adult and adult contemporary novels. Young adult, New adult fiction, Contemporary fictionįangirl, Carry On, Eleanor & Park, Runaways

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell