Abby Jimenez is a modern American romance novelist and baker; known for The Friend Zone and Part of Your World; hook: won Cupcake Wars and became a #1 New York Times bestseller. She writes about emotions, grief and humor, often set in Minnesota. Owns Nadia Cakes; her novels have sold over 1.5 million copies and been translated into 28 languages.
🍰 Founded Nadia Cakes from her home kitchen after losing her job in 2007. 🏆 Won Cupcake Wars on Food Network in 2013. 🌍 Over 1.5 million copies sold, translations into 28 languages. 👉 The Friend Zone was a bestseller in Poland and won Empik Award in 2020. 🎬 Thruline Entertainment is developing a film adaptation of The Happy Ever After Playlist. ✍️ She writes first drafts on her phone using Google Docs–often in grocery store lines. 📚 Partnered with Sonic and First Book to distribute books to children; she fell in love with reading via the Xanth series. 🤭 Quirky: one of her cakes–pink rock candy cake–went viral because people thought it resembled a vagina. 😄 Funny: she types out parts of her novels while standing in checkout lines as her husband bags groceries.