--- description: Find out how Emily Henry is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Emily Henry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab8b8b82f14000c/698a3ff616d8846bb6c3c2c7/time100-next-emily-henry-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Emily Henry by Taylor Jenkins Reid  Emily Henry Emily HenryDevyn Glista/St. Blanc Studios One of the perks of being an author is getting advanced copies of forthcoming [books](https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/ "undefined"), and I’ve gotten an early look at quite a few blockbusters over the years. But no novels have ever elicited prepublication groveling from my friends and family like Emily Henry’s _Book Lovers_ and _Happy Place._ --- ### More from TIME --- That’s because Emily knows how to craft a [love story](https://time.com/6303477/red-white-and-royal-blue-wholesome-romance/ "undefined") like the all-time greats. She pulls on the heartstrings. She knocks you over with the perfect ending. And perhaps most spectacularly, she’s the queen of banter. Each of her books is full of devastatingly clever, swoon-inducing repartee. Her quips call to mind talents like Dorothy Parker and the oft-cited Nora Ephron, but what Emily does is entirely her own. She interrogates the dynamics of romantic comedy within a romantic comedy. She subverts the very tropes she uses. And she gives us flawed, imperfect women to root for. In doing so, she helps us root for ourselves. _Reid is a best-selling author and Emmy-nominated producer_ Emily Henry Is on the TIME100 Next 2023 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/"},"headline":"Emily Henry","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:04.081Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab8b8b82f14000c/698a3ff616d8846bb6c3c2c7/time100-next-emily-henry-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab8b8b82f14000c/698a3ff616d8846bb6c3c2c7/time100-next-emily-henry-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/","name":"Emily Henry"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```