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American writer

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972)^[1] is an American author of several novels, including Something Borrowed, Meant to Be, All We Ever Wanted, Heart of the Matter, and The One and Only.^[2]

Early 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 of the school's newspaper.^[1] Afterwards, Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double-majored in history and English and served as basketball team manager.

She then attended law school at the University of Virginia.^[1]

Career

After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997,^[3] Giffin moved to Manhattan, where she worked in the litigation department of Winston & Strawn.^[4] In 2001, she moved to London