There’s been one question on everyone’s minds this summer: team Conrad or Jeremiah? The Summer I Turned Pretty has become a pop culture sensation gracing the feeds of many people’s timelines. And after three successful seasons, the franchise is even getting a movie sequel. Just a few years before people were tuning into the drama of young adults stuck in a love triangle, watercooler talk buzzed around Netflix trilogy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
But long before Jenny Han, the writer behind both romantic sensations, was scoring deals with Netflix and Amazon, she held down several gigs ranging from being a server at Olive Garden, nannying, and working as a librarian. It took years for her to take her stories to major streaming sites, but Han said she wouldn’t change a thing about her career come-up. If anything, her 9-to-5 reshelving books and observing reader obsessions helped her tap into a huge market with millions of devoted fans.
