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Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973) is an American author known for young adult and adult contemporary novels. Her young adult novels Eleanor & Park (2012), Fangirl (2013), and Carry On (2015) have been subjects of critical acclaim.

She was the writer of the 2017 revival of Marvel Comics' Runaways and for She-Hulk from 2022 to 2024.

Rainbow Rowell was born on February 24, 1973, in Nebraska. She spent much of her childhood living in rural areas, and often times lived in poverty without consistent access electricity or running water. Rowell has said that her father's presence during her childhood was occasional and that he struggled with alcohol and drug abuse. She has also said that her mother provided the family stability and encouraged her to have a love of reading. She has a sister named Jade and a half sister, Abby, who owns a popular local coffee chain in Omaha, NE.

Rowell has said that during high school she was involved in the school newspaper and that she continued writing through college journalism work before moving into professional journalism and advertising. Rowell was a columnist and ad copywriter at the Omaha World-Herald from 1995 to 2012.

In a 2021 interview, Rowell stated that she wrote Carry On (2015) while ill and later learned she had an undiagnosed parathyroid disorder. She explained that the gap between when Carry On (2015) and Wayward Son (2019) was released was due to her focusing on her recovery and other projects at the time. Rowell also said Any Way the Wind Blows (2021) was shaped by her experiences writing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Currently Rowell lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and two sons.

After leaving her position as a columnist, Rowell began working for an ad agency and writing what would become her first published novel, Attachments, as a pastime. Rowell gave birth to her first son during this period and paused work on the manuscript for two years. The novel, a contemporary romantic comedy about a company's IT guy who falls in love with a woman whose email he has been monitoring, was published in 2011. Kirkus Reviews listed it as one of the outstanding debuts that year.

In 2014, Rowell published Landline, a contemporary adult novel about a marriage in trouble.

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