Jennifer E. Smith
Jennifer Elizabeth Smith (born 1980) is an American author of young adult novels, including bestsellers "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight", "Windfall" and "Field Notes on Love." Biography. Smith was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. She graduated from Colgate University in 2003 with an English degree, and she also holds a master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She began working for a literary agent in New York City. Her first novel, "The Comeback Season", was published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. Both this book and Smith's  second book, "You are Here", sold poorly. However, she encountered her first commercial success with "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight", written after having taken a break from writing. Smith continued to work as an editor at Random House while also working on her own writing until 2015. Currently, her work has been translated into 33 languages. As of 2021, Smith has published ten novels, including nine young adult novels, and one novel aimed at middle graders. Her first picture book, "The Creature of Habit", illustrated by Leo Espinosa, will be out on October 26, 2021. On February  8, 2021, Smith announced her next novel, "The Unsinkable Greta James". Movie Adaptations. When it was published in 2011, "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" became her first commercial success, being optioned as a movie (with Dustin Lance Black assigned as the director, but later replaced by Vanessa Caswill). As of 2021, the movie adaptation of "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" is in production in London and will be starring Haley Lu Richardson as Hadley and Ben Hardy as Oliver. The adaptation of the 2015 novel "Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between" is currently in  production, with Jordan Fisher cast as Aidan and Talia Ryder as Clare. Her 2017 novel, "Windfall", has also been optioned as a movie, with Lauren Graham intending to produce the adaptation. In 2019, it was announced that producers Roger Lay, Jr. and Eric Carnagey have acquired rights to the novels "This is What Happy Looks Like" and "The Geography of You and Me".