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Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973) is an American author of young adult and adult contemporary novels. Her young adult novels ''Eleanor & Park'' and ''Fangirl'' both received a great deal of critical acclaim in 2013. ==Career== Rowell was a columnist and ad copywriter at the ''Omaha World-Herald'' from 1995 to 2012. After leaving the ''Omaha World Herald'', Rowell began working for an ad agency and writing what would become her first published novel, ''Attachments'', as a pastime. Rowell had a baby during this period and stopped working 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 2011, Rowell completed the first draft of her young adult novel ''Fangirl'' for National Novel Writing Month. It was chosen as the inaugural selection for Tumblr's reblog book club. In 2013, Rowell published ''Fangirl'' and ''Eleanor & Park'', another young adult novel. Both were named by ''The New York Times'' as among the best young adult fiction of the year. ''Eleanor & Park'' was also chosen by Amazon as one of the 10 best books of 2013, and as Goodreads' best young adult fiction of the year. DreamWorks and Carla Hacken are planning a movie based on the novel, for which Rowell has been asked to write the screenplay. Rowell's work gained some negative attention in 2013 when a parents' group at a Minnesota high school challenged ''Eleanor & Park'' and Rowell was disinvited to a library event; a panel ultimately determined that the book could stay on library shelves. Rowell noted in an interview that the material that these parents were calling "profane" was what many kids in difficult situations realistically had to deal with, and that "when these people call ''Eleanor & Park'' an obscene story, I feel like they’re saying that rising above your situation isn’t possible."" Rowell's fourth novel, ''Landline'', a contemporary adult novel about a marriage in trouble, was released on July 8, 2014. Also in 2014, Rowell signed a two-book deal with First Second to author two young adult graphic novels, the first of which will be illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks. Rowell announced in December 2014 that her fifth book, ''Carry On'', would be published in October 2015. It was published on October 6, 2015. ''Carry On'' is based on the book series central to the plot of ''Fangirl.'' It acts as the eighth book in a fictional series by Gemma T. Leslie about a boy magician named Simon Snow who attends a magician school called Watford. In his eighth year at school, Simon has magical adventures with his best friend Penelope and his girlfriend Agatha, all the while struggling with T. Basilton "Baz" Pitch, his nemesis. Although it exists in a fantasy world and within ''Fangirl'' was part of a series, the novel is a standalone book. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainbow Rowell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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