"I was a school librarian, and I was doing that as I was writing my books. And I think part of why I think the show, and also To All the Boys I've Loved Before, found an audience was that I've always been trying to understand my audience as a novelist,"
"As a librarian, I would read new books every day because my young readers were coming in and demanding new stories, and so I would go to the bookstore and try and figure out what they wanted," she continued. "So I think that's [an] important part of my job now as a showrunner."
Jenny Han worked as a server, nanny, and school librarian while writing novels, gaining direct insight into young readers' preferences. Librarian duties included reading new books daily and observing readers who demanded fresh stories, prompting visits to bookstores to identify trends. The Summer I Turned Pretty began as a 2009 novel and later became a television franchise that completed a third season and will receive a movie sequel. A 2021 Amazon Studios adaptation and the TV series significantly boosted book sales and expanded a large, devoted fanbase.
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