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Jean Hanff Korelitz’s Biography

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Novelist and freelance writer since 1983, theater producer since 2015, founder of BOOKTHEWRITER (2014)

Novels: THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, ADMISSION*, THE WHITE ROSE, THE SABBATHDAY RIVER, A JURY OF HER PEERS

Articles/Essays: New York Times (Style, T, Travel, Book Review), Huffington Post, Vulture, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, Redbook, others

  • adaptation coming to HBO
    ** adapted for film, ADMISSION (2013)

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The Opportunity Today's Student Protestors Are Missing

The Opportunity Today's Student Protestors Are Missing

Last weekend, I completed work on a new novel and emailed the 400-page manuscript to my editor. The next morn…

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The Moment I Knew I Had To Break Up With My Best Friend

The Moment I Knew I Had To Break Up With My Best Friend

By Jean Hanff Korelitz The author of the page-turning You Should Have Known explains how she knew when her to…

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The Wading Game

The Wading Game

Business or pleasure? I'd given this a lot of thought, but I don't have a ready answer at Heathrow Immigratio…

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Book Review: ‘The Optimists,’ by Brian Platzer Original

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By Jean Hanff Korelitz
| The New York Times Verified
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. In This Novel, It’s the Student Who Shapes the Teacher’s Life “The Optimists,” by Brian Platzer, is an account of an extraordinary character, as remembered by her middle-school instructor. Credit...André Derainne Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of nine novels, most recently “The Sequel.” Feb.
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The Best Mystery Books of 2024

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By William Kent Krueger, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Maz Evans, Joël Dicker
| Five Books
Our best of the year lists combine prestigious crime shortlists with some of our own favourites, and you can find our best mysteries of 2024 below, in (very approximate) order of preference: The River We Remember ☆ Shortlisted for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger is a rather beautiful and somewhat sad book set in 1958, in a fictional town (Jewel) in a fictional county (Black Earth) in Minnesota.
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Six Tips for Starting (and Maintaining) a Thriving Book Club

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By Jean Hanff Korelitz
| Flipboard
Six Tips for Starting (and Maintaining) a Thriving Book Club Author Jean Hanff Korelitz offers some considerations to keep in mind as you convene or join a discussion group. Book groups. Isn’t everyone in one? Or, …
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What was your first job as a journalist?

ASME intern at Glamour Magazine, 1982

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Harriet the Spy

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Tell. The. Truth.