Let’s get meta for a second.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing?
EMILY HENRY:In third grade, we had to write a story.
Credit: Penguin; Devyn Glista St. Blanc Studios
Most kids wrote a few sentences.
I showed up with 27 pages about a submarine-driving toad who discovers an underwater city.
The teacher broke us up into groups so we could read our stories aloud to each other.
Several kids in my group fell asleep during my turn.
Thats how you know youve made it when you hear snoring.
What is the last book that made you cry?
East Coast Girlsby Kerry Kletter.
Its a book that strikes that perfect balance of heart-wrenching and soul-healing.
Kletters writing is gorgeous and poignant, and her characters are incredibly complex.
Which book is at the top of your current to-read list?
This wasnt intentional; I just realized thats how my book stacks are divided up while answering this question.
Where do you write?
Which book made you a forever reader?
It felt like pure magic to be changed by something Id read.
What is a snack you couldnt write without?
Thats such a horrible, boring answer, but its true.
I would, however, find it much harder to write without coffee.
If you could change one thing about any of your books, what would it be?
Whoa, this isnt a power I feel ready to be granted.
I cringe whenever I reread something I wrote more than a few months ago.
I understand why so many actors say they dont watch their own movies.
On a broad, technical level, I love the dialogue.
Itsfunto do, which (hopefully) translates to it being fun to read!
On a scene-specific level, Id choose the Red, White, and Blue Book Club meeting.
What was the hardest plot point or character to write in this book?
It was hard to write Januarys anger.
Angers a feeling Ive spent a lot of my life avoiding.
I couldve left any of those out, but it wouldnt have felt authentic to me.
Write a movie poster tag line for your book.
Let the war of words begin.
