Rachael Lippincott Explained

Rachael Lippincott
Birth Date:5 December 1994
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of Pittsburgh
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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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moving On Up: 'Five Feet Apart'. Publishers Weekly. 2020-04-12.
  2. Web site: BIOGRAPHY. Rachael Lippincott. en. 2020-02-29.
  3. Web site: Rachael Lippincott '13 Publishes Five Feet Apart. George School. 2020-04-13.
  4. Web site: Strengthening New Voices: A Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Siobhan Vivian English University of Pittsburgh. www.english.pitt.edu. 2020-02-29.
  5. Web site: Q&A with Pitt grad Rachael Lippincott. Pittsburgh City Paper. 2020-04-12.
  6. Web site: Lionsgate Lands YA Novel All This Time From Five Feet Apart Team. Deadline. 19 February 2020 . 2022-05-10.
  7. Web site: Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Rick Riordan among winners of Goodreads' best books of 2019 . Mary . Cadden . . December 10, 2019 . December 22, 2023 . December 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231222090642/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/12/10/margaret-atwood-stephen-king-rick-riordan-among-goodreads-winners/4354026002/ . live.
  8. Web site: Q&A: Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott, Authors of All This Time. The Nerd Daily. 27 September 2020 . 2022-05-10.
  9. News: New York Times Bestseller List. New York Times. 2022-05-10.
  10. Web site: Four Questions with Rachael Lippincott. Publishers Weekly. 2022-05-10.
  11. Web site: Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick, She Gets the Girl. We Need Diverse Books. 6 April 2022 . 2022-05-10.
  12. News: New York Times Bestseller List. New York Times. 2022-05-10.
  13. Web site: BIOGRAPHY. Simon and Schuster. en. 2022-05-10.

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