Jasmine Guillory On Writing Her Own Happily Ever After

Open Book with Jenna

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4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling author of nine novels including 'The Wedding Date' and 'The Proposal.' Jasmine joins Jenna to talk about her captivating new romance novel 'Flirting Lessons,' how she stayed resilient and optimistic through a hundred rejections, and how she made the leap from law to literature—and found bestseller success. Plus, she gives her best book recommendations.

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0:00.0	Readers all over the world have fallen in love with author Jasmine Gilleri.
0:13.4	Jasmine is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including the wedding date,
0:18.6	the proposal, and Flirting Lessons.
0:21.4	Growing up, Jasmine was an avid reader,
0:23.6	inspired by her family's love for books.
0:26.5	She went on to become a lawyer,
0:28.2	but eventually realized she needed a creative outlet.
0:31.0	In her spare time, she began writing,
0:33.1	and after years of honing her craft,
0:35.1	she published her very first novel, The Wedding Date. Since then,
0:39.0	she has continued to gift us with her romance novels, each filled with relatable and heartwarming
0:44.3	stories. Jasmine wanted to write the books that she herself longed to read, featuring diverse
0:50.5	and joyful characters. Her goal was to offer readers' comfort during difficult times, providing them with the
0:56.6	reassurance of a happily ever after.
0:59.3	In times of uncertainty or fear, she believes that romance offers a much-needed escape.
1:05.4	I'm Jenna Bush-Hager.
1:06.6	Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna.
1:20.7	Yeah. Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna. I have one of my favorite writers, Jasmine Gilleri, with me here.
1:25.2	And Jasmine, I'm obsessed with your books.
1:28.4	You know that.
1:29.1	I feel like you just have this great kind of magic of something that's hopeful and fun and escapist,
1:38.1	but also with really real female protagonists that feel like people that I know, that you know.
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