Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter is an American author of romantic comedies for young adult and adult readers. Born in Champaign, Illinois, she settled with her family in Omaha, Nebraska, where she still lives and writes as a community columnist for the Omaha World-Herald.

Her young adult debut, Better Than the Movies (2021), found its audience through BookTok and spent years on the New York Times young adult bestseller list; a sequel, Nothing Like the Movies, followed in 2024. Her other young adult novels, published by Simon & Schuster, include The Do-Over (2022), Betting on You (2023) and Fake Skating (2025).

She writes adult romance for Berkley, beginning with Mr. Wrong Number (2022) and The Love Wager (2023).