Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember
essay-collection · First published 2022
Author guide
Lauren Graham is an American actor, writer, and producer. She is best known for starring as Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman in Parenthood. Her writing includes the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe and the nonfiction books Talking as Fast as I Can, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It, and Have I Told You This Already?
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essay-collection · First published 2022
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Best starting point for Graham's fiction: her debut novel.

Best starting point for her memoir and reflections on Gilmore Girls.
Outside the series
novel · 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead―and keep it together―in…
nonfiction · 2018
memoir · 2016
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and…
essay-collection · 2022
Lauren Graham is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman in Parenthood. She is also a New York Times bestselling author.
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Graham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and moved to Alexandria, Virginia, with her father after her parents divorced. She earned a B.A. in English Literature from Barnard College and an M.F.A. in Acting Performance from Southern Methodist University.
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Her breakthrough role was Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, followed by Sarah Braverman on Parenthood. She also made her Broadway debut as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls.
Her fiction was shaped by the uncertainty, waiting, and auditioning involved in a young actor’s life. She has also cited Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a book that made her want to write.
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She won two Teen Choice Awards for Gilmore Girls and received Barnard College’s 2018 Woman of Achievement Award. She was also nominated for a 2002 Golden Globe for the series.
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