Lizz Schumer

5 days ago | people.com | Lizz Schumer |Olivia Campbell

Women's History Books. There's just nothing like a true story of women overcoming the odds and doing amazing things — and never a bad time to read them. The PEOPLE App is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! If you’ve finished Hidden Figures, Radium Girls, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and you’re hungry for more amazing stories of women in history, look no further.

6 days ago | people.com | Lizz Schumer

Emily Henry and her book 'Happy Place'. Photo: COURTESY EMILY HENRY; Penguin Random House Even though she finds inspiration for her bestselling contemporary romance books in classic rom-com movies, Emily Henry is not one for dream casting. "My brain does not do people," Henry told PEOPLE for a story in this week's print issue. "It does kitchens. I can always picture those." And because of the long lead time on TV and film adaptations, she points out that's probably for the best.

1 week ago | people.com | Lizz Schumer

Truth is stranger than fiction, and real humans are definitely more complicated than characters — and for bestselling romance author Emily Henry, that's all part of the fun. "That's kind of the thing that makes something feel real and lived in to me is that there are real details sprinkled in, but nothing is wholesale," the Great Big Beautiful Life author tells PEOPLE for a story in this week's print issue.

1 week ago | people.com | Clare Fisher |Lizz Schumer

Seven authors have been named among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world this year, the media company announced this morning. The list, which includes actors, musicians, entrepreneurs, movers and shakers and of course, authors, is all about “focusing on the individuals who are transforming the world," says TIME Editor in Chief Sam Jacobs. Those include seven authors, several of whom have also been highlighted by PEOPLE over the past year. Here's who made the list.

1 week ago | muckrack.com | Lizz Schumer

“I had not really read much romance when I sat down to write Beach Read,” author Emily Henry says of the 2020 novel about a pair of authors that launched her onto bestseller lists.