Jessica Knoll
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About
New York Times bestselling author of novels such as Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister. Her first novel was made into the 2022 Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive. She executive produced the film and wrote the screenplay. She has worked at Cosmopolitan and Self.
Before Fame
She graduated from The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She also graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. She became famous for using her own sexual assault as inspiration for her first novel.
Trivia
In a 2016 essay written for Lena Dunham's newsletter, she revealed she once got drunk at a party when she was 15 years old and woke to being assaulted by multiple people. The television rights for her second novel were bought by producer Bruna Papandrea, who created the series Big Little Lies.
Family Life
In 2013, she married Greg Cortese. They adopted a bulldog named Beatrice.
Associated With
Luckiest Girl Alive starred Mila Kunis and Finn Wittrock.
