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Book cover of Fangirl
FangirlRainbow Rowell

Characters in Fangirl

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Cath Avery

    Shy, anxious college freshman and prolific Simon Snow fan-fiction writer learning to face the world beyond her stories.

Supporting characters

  • Wren Avery

    Cath's outgoing twin sister, who pulls away from Cath to build her own separate college life and struggles with drinking.

  • Art Avery

    The twins' devoted single father, whose fragile mental health worries Cath from afar.

  • Levi Stewart

    A relentlessly cheerful older student who keeps turning up in Cath's life and becomes her love interest.

  • Reagan (Fangirl)

    Cath's blunt, sardonic college roommate who becomes an unlikely friend.

  • Nick (Fangirl)

    A classmate Cath partners with on fiction-writing assignments, whose friendliness turns out to be self-interested.

  • Professor Piper (Fangirl)

    Cath's demanding fiction-writing professor.