Rachael Lippincott

Rachael Lippincott 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]

Rachael Lippincott
Born (1994-12-05) December 5, 1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh

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 and their dog, Hank.[13]

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
  1. "Moving On Up: 'Five Feet Apart'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "BIOGRAPHY". Rachael Lippincott. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. "Rachael Lippincott '13 Publishes Five Feet Apart". George School. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. "Strengthening New Voices: A Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Siobhan Vivian | English | University of Pittsburgh". www.english.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. "Q&A with Pitt grad Rachael Lippincott". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  6. "Lionsgate Lands YA Novel All This Time From Five Feet Apart Team". Deadline. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. "2019 Goodreads Choice Awards". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  8. "Q&A: Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott, Authors of All This Time". The Nerd Daily. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  9. "New York Times Bestseller List". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  10. "Four Questions with Rachael Lippincott". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  11. "Q&A with Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick, She Gets the Girl". We Need Diverse Books. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  12. "New York Times Bestseller List". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  13. "BIOGRAPHY". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
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