About Annabel
Things you know…
Annabel is the USA Today bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
She is also the author of two novels for young adults, A Girl Named Digit and Double Digit, as well as Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a collection of essays based on her column that appeared on the Huffington Post, The Week and The Rye Record. She has a BA in English from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. She hosts an author series called Friends with Words and spent several years on the novel writing faculty at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Connecticut with her family.
Things you don’t know…
I share a birthday with Andy Rooney and LL Cool J. This fact is the lens through which I view the rest of my life.
I’m a lefty. The nuns never bothered me about it.
I always give young girls two pieces of advice: put sunscreen on your chest and marry Canadian. The rest seems obvious.
I still have every love letter I’ve ever received.
I’ve looked everywhere, but it turns out I don’t have a daughter.
I’m a member of six secret Facebook groups. I’ve said too much already.
I read Pride and Prejudice nearly every year.
My favorite movies generally end with a prom.
My Christmas tree is up the day after Thanksgiving and on the curb by 8am December 26th.
I find that it’s easier raising three kids than it was raising one.
I love funerals and the way they bring out the best in people.
I hid in my laundry room for an entire week while reading the Twilight series.
It always surprises me that you can still get your heart broken as an adult.
When I was a child I was sure I’d marry Steve Martin.
When I’m deep into a writing project, I’m not listening to anything you’re saying.
No, I don’t want to be on your committee.