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Sophie Kinsella is the pen name of English author Madeleine Wickham, who is best known for her Shopaholic chick lit series. She has also written novels under her real name. Before trying her hand at fiction, Madeleine worked as a financial journalist.

Bestselling chick lit author Jodi Picoult has switched publishers from Atria to Ballantine Bantam Dell for a brand new three-book deal.

Jennifer Weiner is an American author of women’s fiction. She is a very vocal feminist who speaks out against gender bias. Her novel In Her Shoes was adapted into a film starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. She also co-created the ABC Family television show State of Georgia.

Jodi Picoult is an American author of chick lit and also Wonder Woman comics. Although her books technically fall into the “standalone” category, her characters tend to recur in multiple novels. For instance, the McAfees appear in The Pact, Salem Falls and Nineteen Minutes. Detective Patrick Ducharme has appeared in Perfect Match and Nineteen Minutes. […]

Emily Giffin is an American novelist of chick lit. She is the author of the Adventures of Darcy series, the first of which (Something Borrowed) has been adapted for film and the second of which (Something Blue) has been optioned. The rest of her novels are standalones.

Elin Hilderbrand is an American novelist of romance novels and chick lit. She has no series, only having written standalone novels. Her novels are all set on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, where she lives with her family.