There is a great deal that goes into making a video blog. Lizzie Bennet should know, having become a YouTube sensation over the course of her year-long video diary project. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries chronicled Lizzie’s life as a twenty-four-year-old grad student, struggling under a mountain of student loans and living at home with her two sisters—beautiful Jane and reckless Lydia. What may have started as her grad student thesis grew into so much more, as the videos came to inform and reflect her life and that of her sisters. When rich, handsome Bing Lee comes to town, along with his stuck-up friend William Darcy, things really start to get interesting for the Bennets—and for Lizzie’s viewers. Suddenly Lizzie—who always considered herself a fairly normal young woman—was a public figure. But not everything happened on-screen. Luckily for us, Lizzie kept a secret diary.
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet provides more character introspection as only a book can, with revelatory details about the Bennet household, including Lizzie’s special relationship with her father, untold stories from Netherfield, Lizzie’s thoughts and fears about life after grad school and becoming an instant web celebrity.
Written by Bernie Su, the series’ executive producer, co-creator, head writer, and director, along with Kate Rorick, the novelist, TV writer, and consulting producer on the series, the novel features a journal-entry format and design, complementing the existing web series, while including plenty of fresh twists to delight fans and new readers alike. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet expands on the phenomenon that captivated a generation and reimagines the Pride and Prejudice story like it’s never been done before.
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“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries creator Su and series writer Rorick do a fantastic job of translating the Emmy Award–winning web series into novel format…This book hits all the high points of Austen’s most famous novel in satisfying ways (Darcy’s confession, Lydia’s bad choices), while updating it for the digital age.”
— Publishers Weekly
“In this modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, narrator Ashley Clements brings all the iconic characters to life…While this is a humorous retelling, the characters are true to the original story, and Clements does an admirable job of keeping the spirit intact.”
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Bernie Su is an executive producer and the head writer of Emma Approved. He also served as an executive producer and director of Welcome to Sanditon. He was the executive producer, co-creator, head writer, and director of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
Kate Rorick is an author and television writer. Her television credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Terra Nova, among others. She has also written for and served as consulting producer on the Emmy award–winning media series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. She studied film and television production and writing at Syracuse University before beginning her career in New York City and eventually crossing the country to Los Angeles. When not writing for television, she can be found in various LA coffee shops working on her latest historical romance novel, under the name of Kate Noble, for which she has been nominated for the RITA award, romance writing’s highest honor.