Hi, I’m Adrienne!
I write romcoms and rants for the pop culture obsessed
About the Author
Adrienne Gunn is a writer and podcaster obsessed with pop culture. Her bestselling novel FAN FAVORITE follows a messy thirtysomething as she plummets into the unhinged world of reality TV dating in pursuit of her One True Love. (BUY IT NOW!) Adrienne writes about pop culture on her Substack WHERE THE F*CK’S MY HAPPY ENDING?! and complains about how pop culture ruined her life on her podcast DON’T RUIN THIS FOR ME.
A long-time Chicagoan, Adrienne’s been a columnist for Chicago magazine, appeared as a storyteller and comedian at Steppenwolf Theater and the Laugh Factory, and her one-woman show MOTHER OF THE YEAR! debuted and returned to sold out audiences. Adrienne received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon and is represented by Marcy Posner at Folio Literary Management.
Blood type:
Chili’s skillet queso or Coca Cola
Chili’s skillet queso or Coca Cola
I wrote Nancy Drew fanfic
when I was a kid
when I was a kid
I have a parrot tattoo in honor of Jimmy Buffett (fine, I have two parrot tattoos in honor of Jimmy Buffett)
Everyone thinks my celebrity crush is
Brad Pitt, but it’s Stanley Tucci
(I’ve matured)
I’ve met a bunch of real housewives—
they’re even more beautiful in person!!!
they’re even more beautiful in person!!!
My TBR has over 100 books in it,
there are stacks everywhere
Every fall I teach myself
how to knit all over again
how to knit all over again
ON HEAVY ROTATION
Comfort watches, favorite reads, and the stuff I come back to again and again:
MOVIES
When Harry Met Sally
The Cutting Edge
Auntie Mame
Boyhood
Bridget Jones
Ricki And The Flash
Troop Beverly Hills
BOOKS
Revolutionary Road
Seating Arrangements
The Thornbirds
The Most Fun We Ever Had
Colors Insulting To Nature
Miss Bensons Beetle
Pachinko
TV
Real Housewives Of Miami
Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City
Survivor
Drag Race
Veep
Succession
Where the F*ck’s My Happy Ending?!
The newsletter for people whose lives didn’t turn out like they were supposed to (and who want to blame Oprah for it)