Emily Giffin

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit. Her best known works are Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only. 2Early life Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972. She attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), where she was a member of a creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief for the school's newspaper. Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double majored in history and English and also served as manager of the basketball team. She then attended law school at the University of Virginia. 2Career After graduating from law school in 1997, she moved to Manhattan and worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn. However, she was determined to seriously pursue her writing. In 2001, she moved to London and began writing full-time. Her first young adult novel, Lily Holding True, was rejected by eight publisher