Gabrielle Zevin

[1] She grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, and graduated from Spanish River Community High School in 1996.

[3][1] Zevin's debut novel, Margarettown, published in 2005, was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program and longlisted for the James Tiptree Jr. Award.

In 2021, shooting commenced on a feature film adaptation of the novel, starring Kunal Nayyar in the title role, and Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks, David Arquette, and Scott Foley.

[8] It won the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction[9] and came in at seventy-six on the New York Times list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

In 2010, she and Hans Canosa adapted it into a screenplay that became the Japanese movie Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita (Someone Kissed Me), starring top teen idol actress Maki Horikita.

The film was directed by Hans Canosa and starred Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart.