Rachael Lippincott is a

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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.

Early life and education

Lippincott was born in Philadelphia, and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She graduated from

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in 2013. Lippincott originally attended the

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for pre-med, before changing her major to English writing. She took a class called Writing Youth Literature taught by novelist

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, which changed everything for her. She graduated in 2017.

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. It won Best Young Adult Fiction in the 11th Annual

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. In 2020, Lippincott published ''All This Time'' with Mikki Daughtry. It was a

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. Lippincott's next novel, ''The Lucky List'', was published on June 1, 2021. It was her first solo novel. Lippincott then co-wrote ''She Gets the Girl'' with her wife, Alyson Derrick. The story was loosely inspired by their own love story. It was a

Personal life

Lippincott resides in

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with her wife and their dog, Hank.

Bibliography

* 2018 – ''Five Feet Apart'' * 2020 – ''All This Time'' * 2021 – ''The Lucky List'' * 2022 – ''She Gets the Girl'' * 2023 – ''Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh''

References

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