[Koreaboo/Entertainment Weekly] Jessica Jung To Debut Her First Novel That Will Also Be Made Into A Hollywood Movie(A sequel is already underway!)

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Jessica Jung To Debut Her First Novel That Will Also Be Made Into A Hollywood Movie

A sequel is already underway!

(This Koreaboo article is a copy of this Entertainment Weekly article)

Jessica Jung is making her official debut as an author with her first book – a young-adult novel about a Korean-American teenager named Rachel Kim, who’s in training to become the next major K-Pop star. The book is scheduled to release sometime in 2020.

Jessica revealed that the novel, titled “Shine”, will tell a “big, fun, escapist story that also examines the behind-the-scenes of K-Pop.”
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With Shine, I wanted to tell a big, fun, escapist story that also examines in-depth, behind- the-scenes aspects of the K-pop world.
My goal was to tell a transparent, candid story — in a way that sometimes fiction does best.
— Jessica Jung​

The book was picked up by SimonPulse, a publication company. They praised Jessica and her talent to tell a story that teens can relate to about feeling like “a fish out of water.”
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This series embodies everything I love about YA — it’s romantic and juicy, timely, and true, and will speak to anyone who has ever felt like a fish out of water.
I can’t wait for all readers, but especially Asian-American teens, to see themselves in Jessica’s creation, Rachel Kim.
— Jennifer Ung, Senior editor at Simon Pulse​

Not only is the book ready to hit the shelves very soon in 11 foreign countries, it’s already in deal for a sequel! The sequel is slated to be released in 2021.

And the story continues as Jessica’s “Shine” was picked up by Glasstown Entertainment and is currently developing the book into a Hollywood movie! Jessica will be working with Matt Kaplan of ACE Entertainment, the team behind Netflix’s hit movie series “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before”, another YA romance novel written by Korean-American author, Jenny Han.

With Jessica’s novel already landing deals after deals even before it’s release, Jessica can add “successful author” under her belt of numerous titles! Congratulations, Jessica!

Spoiler: EW article

By David Canfield original

Jessica Jung is hitting the books.

The K-pop star will publish her debut novel, Shine, in the fall of 2020, EW can announce exclusively. It’s part of a two-book deal Jung made with Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, for a series about a Korean-American teenager in training to become the next major K-pop star. (The sequel is slated for 2021.)

And that’s not all: EW has also learned that Glasstown Entertainment, the producing and book-development company founded by authors Lauren Oliver and Lexa Hillyer, has already sold Shine in 11 foreign territories and is currently developing the project for the screen with Matt Kaplan of ACE Entertainment, the team behind Netflix’s smash adaptation To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

Jung, who was born in San Francisco and is best known as a former member of the girls’ group Girl’s Generation, drew from personal experience in writing the book. She was included in Forbes’ 30 under 30 Asia list of influential people in 2017 and is one of the most-followed K-pop stars on Instagram.

“With Shine, I wanted to tell a big, fun, escapist story that also examines in-depth, behind- the-scenes aspects of the K-pop world,” Jung said in a statement. “My goal was to tell a transparent, candid story — in a way that sometimes fiction does best.”

“This series embodies everything I love about YA — it’s romantic and juicy, timely, and true, and will speak to anyone who has ever felt like a fish out of water,” added Jennifer Ung, a senior editor at Simon Pulse. “I can’t wait for all readers, but especially Asian-American teens, to see themselves in Jessica’s creation, Rachel Kim.”

Source: Koreaboo Entertainment Weekly
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[fullofjoy]

Congrats

 

[Icy]

 

[Misa]

Interesting

 

[Joker]

I’m betting they will put a white male savior in this and as her lover too. 100% guarantee it lol like they did to “to all the white boys I loved before” movie.

 

[No.1]

Hmmmm.