Hi, I’m Adrienne!

I write romcoms and rants for the pop culture obsessed

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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.
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Blood type:
Chili’s skillet queso or Coca Cola 
I wrote Nancy Drew fanfic
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!!!
My TBR has over 100 books in it, there are stacks everywhere
Every fall I teach myself
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)