about

I'm Cecilia Vinesse, and I'm the author of All-Nighter (coming May 27, 2025!), The Girl Next Door (Quill Tree Books), Seven Days of You, and The Summer of Us (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).

I always knew I wanted to tell stories, and I was always drawn to writing, because, as a shy kid, it felt like a natural way to express myself. I could be funny and goofy and outgoing on the page in ways I struggled to be in real life. Even as I got older and a little more confident, writing remained my solace, something I returned to again and again.

I was born in France, raised between Japan and South Carolina, and then, inspired by my love of Nora Ephron movies, I moved to New York City where I attended Barnard College. My obsession with books has shaped every part of my career. During my time in New York, I worked in children's book publishing and lived in an apartment furnished mostly by stacks of novels. After that, I got a job in the snowy cold of northern Japan and, from there, headed to Scotland where I earned my master's degree in creative writing at the University of St Andrews. My dissertation became my first novel, Seven Days of You, which I finished while also working in a rare books library and drinking lots of coffee in my tiny house by the sea.

Now, I live in England where I spend most of my non-writing time devouring rom-coms and podcasts, baking as many cookies as possible, and watching horror movies well past my bedtime.

A pug named Malfi and a Renaissancist named Rachel are my favorite things in the world.

And also books. I should probably mention the books again.