My name is Jenny Han.   Han like Han Solo, Han Dynasty, or Hawn, Goldie.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia.   I have a mom, a dad, a dog named Jack, and a baby sister I used to call Triple-Chin.   (She no longer has a triple-chin, but when she did, it was just precious.)   I went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and then I moved to New York City for graduate school.   I just this year finished up my MFA in Writing for Children.   Right now, I live in Brooklyn, and I'm a full-time writer and a "paid companion" to the most amazing 14-year old girl ever.  Love her to bits.   

My favorite dessert is cold chocolate cake with white icing, preferably Betty Crocker because it is very moist.   My favorite book is a tie between To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the lesser known but equally magnificent I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.   (Please, please read it.   It will make you cry it's so good, and then you will want to be my best friend because I told you about it.) If I could be a super-hero, I would be Buffy the Vampire Slayer.   If I could be boyfriend-girlfriend with any character from literature, I would pick Mr. Darcy or a young Atticus Finch, when he was in law school, maybe.  

I love TV, and I'm not ashamed. My favorite TV shows of the moment: Freaks & Geeks, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, LOST, Entourage.   I could go on and on, because there are the new favorites, and then there are the old faithfuls, those shows that can never be replaced in your heart-- Buffy, Felicity, Twin Peaks, Wonder Years, My So-Called Life 4ever.   Favorite music: Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Biggie, Van Morrison.  

I enjoy falling leaves, baking cupcakes, dark and stormy nights, ballroom dancing, and staying in fancy hotels.   I have never actually stayed in a truly fancy hotel, but I imagine I will one day, and I am sure I will enjoy it.   Can't you just picture me in a thick white robe, eating a hot fudge sundae on Egyptian cotton sheets?

My dream jobs: soap opera writer, hotel reviewer, ice cream tester, celebrity shrink, Santa's helper.   And oh, yeah!   Book-writing most of all.   (Well, behind Santa's helper, anyway.)

Dislikes: White jeans, heavy perfumey perfume, canned peas, dog breath, Everybody Loves Raymond

Likes: Cupcakes, thunderstorms, Christmas trees, the beach, sundresses, clean sheets, knee socks, school supplies

The sweet tune playing on the 2-XL is "Passing Me By" by Pharcyde. ©Pharcyde