From Romeo And Juliet and its many fiiterations, to Casablanca, When Harry Met Sally..., and 10 Things I Hate About You—for decades, centuries even, romance was stuck in the comfortable trope of boy-meets-girl-and drama-ensues, which worked...till it didn’t. We’re now in the age of Call Me By Your Name and The Big Sick—less white, less straight and way more cringe-free. And one of our favourite voices rewriting this relevant-again genre is the bestselling YA author and producer Jenny Han. For her, love stories are simply about the most basic of human emotions: “First love, first heartbreak—it’s just so acutely felt [at that age]. I write into those emotions because they stay with you your whole life,” she says. Han shot into the limelight when the first novel from her bestselling romance trilogy, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, became one of Netfl ix’s biggest releases of 2018. Its sequel, PS I Still Love You, is ready to stream on February 12.
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