The Summer Pact

Emily Giffin is an American author and a native of the Midwest who studied history and English in college and went on to receive her law degree from the University of Virginia. After working for a law firm for a few years, Giffin turned to writing full-time. Her debut novel, Something Borrowed, was published in 2004 and reached the New York Times Best Seller list. This book launched a career that includes 12 books to date, several of which have been New York Times, USA Today, and international bestsellers.

Giffin’s books generally involve American characters facing a crisis in their romantic, marital, or family relationships. In Something Borrowed, Rachel, a young woman hiding her love for her best friend’s fiancé, finds the courage to tell him about her feelings, bringing on consequences that test her most cherished relationships. In Something Blue (2005), the sequel, Rachel’s former best friend, Darcy, faces her own reckoning about her future as she deals with an unexpected pregnancy. The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone (2012) is a prequel to Griffin’s first two novels that offers a glimpse into the formative years of Darcy’s life through her teenage diary. Although these three novels are interconnected, her other nine novels (as of 2025) are standalone.