Author
Rebecca Serle
Associated Country
United States
Rebecca Serle is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer known for contemporary fiction that blends romance, family relationships, and elements of magical realism. Raised in Maui, Hawaii, she later studied at the University of Southern California and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from The New School in New York City. Before becoming a bestselling novelist, she developed a career in both publishing and television, bringing a strong sense of storytelling to multiple mediums.
Serle first gained recognition with her young adult novels, including the Famous in Love series, which she later helped adapt into a television drama. She achieved wider acclaim with a series of bestselling adult novels, including The Dinner List, In Five Years, One Italian Summer, and Expiration Dates. Her fiction often explores love, fate, grief, friendship, and the unexpected turns that shape a person's life, frequently incorporating a touch of the fantastical into otherwise contemporary settings.
Known for emotionally resonant storytelling and accessible prose, Serle has become one of the most popular contemporary commercial fiction writers of her generation. Her novels have appeared on bestseller lists and have been translated into numerous languages. In addition to her writing career, she co-developed the television adaptation of her Famous in Love series and continues to work across both literary and screen storytelling
Serle first gained recognition with her young adult novels, including the Famous in Love series, which she later helped adapt into a television drama. She achieved wider acclaim with a series of bestselling adult novels, including The Dinner List, In Five Years, One Italian Summer, and Expiration Dates. Her fiction often explores love, fate, grief, friendship, and the unexpected turns that shape a person's life, frequently incorporating a touch of the fantastical into otherwise contemporary settings.
Known for emotionally resonant storytelling and accessible prose, Serle has become one of the most popular contemporary commercial fiction writers of her generation. Her novels have appeared on bestseller lists and have been translated into numerous languages. In addition to her writing career, she co-developed the television adaptation of her Famous in Love series and continues to work across both literary and screen storytelling
Books
Once and Again 2026
The women of the Novak family were each born with a gift: they can, just once, turn back time.
Lauren has known since she was fifteen that her mother Marcella saved Lauren’s father from a deadly car...
Expiration Dates 2025
Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together. The...
One Italian Summer 2023
When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To...
In Five Years 2021
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.
She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning...
The Edge of Falling 2021
Caggie never wanted to be a hero, but some things are decided for us. Growing up among Manhattan’s social elite, Caggie always had everything she could want, including a storied last name. But after...
When You Were Mine 2020
Rosaline knows that she and Rob are destined to be together. Rose has been waiting for years for Rob to kiss her—and when he finally does, it’s perfect. But then Juliet moves back to town. Juliet, who...
The Dinner List 2019
At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually...