Story of My Life

Lucy Score represents a modern wave of romance authors who have embraced the realities of 21st-century publishing: a direct and ongoing relationship with readers and a savvy use of social media. Score reflects the values of a new generation that understands the internet as a vital tool for building community and connection. Her personal website, diary-like newsletters, and active engagement through platforms like “BookTok” on TikTok have helped to build her authorial brand. The growth she’s gained through these online platforms resembles the careers of authors such as Alex Aster, Emily McIntire, and Colleen Hoover, who have also seen astronomical success by pursuing these avenues.

Before becoming a #1 New York Times best-selling author, Score worked in journalism, proofreading, and marketing, careers that sharpened her storytelling instincts and gave her an edge in the competitive self-publishing world. After her early novella sold only 35 copies, Score published Undercover Love—a breakout success—in 2015. Since then, she has published many successful novels, including Things We Never Got Over and its subsequent series.

Score’s history of being faced with unexpected unemployment—after which she found the inspiration to write her first novella—mirrors Hazel’s journey in a way. Though Hazel never fully loses her job, the possibility of losing everything is a very real threat throughout the novel and is what motivates her to work hard to save it.