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Allen is a writer and actor living in Brooklyn. <div class="website"> <i class="fa fa-link"></i> <a href="http://www.brittanykallen.com/" target="_blank" class="external">http://www.brittanykallen.com/</a> </div> </div> </div><br class="clear"/> </div> </div> <br class="clear"/>   <div id="post-250022" class="element animated1 " rel="two_columns"> <div class="post_wrapper full"> <div class="post_img half" > <a href="https://lithub.com/every-one-of-bridget-joness-boyfriends-ranked/" title="Every one of Bridget Jones’s boyfriends, ranked."> <img src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/bridget-loves-726x400.png" alt="" class="post_ft entry_post"/> </a> </div> <div class="post_inner_wrapper half header"> <div class="post_header_wrapper half"> <div class="post_header half"> <h4> <a href="https://lithub.com/every-one-of-bridget-joness-boyfriends-ranked/" title="Every one of Bridget Jones’s boyfriends, ranked.">Every one of Bridget Jones’s boyfriends, ranked.</a> </h4> <h5></h5> </div> </div> <div class="post_detail half"> February 26, 2025  By <a href="https://lithub.com/author/brittanyallen/">Brittany Allen</a> <div class="post_comment_count"><a href="https://lithub.com/every-one-of-bridget-joness-boyfriends-ranked/"><i class="fa fa-comments-o"></i><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="250022 https://lithub.com/?p=250022">235</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="post-249980" class="element animated2 last" rel="two_columns"> <div class="post_wrapper full"> <div class="post_img half" > <a href="https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-this-years-international-booker-prize/" title="Here’s the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize."> <img src="https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IBP2025-Longlist-Group-Slice-5-726x400.jpg" alt="" class="post_ft entry_post"/> </a> </div> <div class="post_inner_wrapper half header"> <div class="post_header_wrapper half"> <div class="post_header half"> <h4> <a href="https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-this-years-international-booker-prize/" title="Here’s the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize.">Here’s the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize.</a> </h4> <h5></h5> </div> </div> <div class="post_detail half"> February 25, 2025  By <a href="https://lithub.com/author/brittanyallen/">Brittany Allen</a> <div class="post_comment_count"><a href="https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-this-years-international-booker-prize/"><i class="fa fa-comments-o"></i><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="249980 https://lithub.com/?p=249980">283</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br class="clear"/>  <div id="post-249887" class="element animated3 " rel="two_columns"> <div class="post_wrapper full"> <div class="post_img half" > <a href="https://lithub.com/all-fours-is-being-adapted-for-tv-heres-our-dream-cast/" title="<em>All Fours</em> is being adapted for TV. 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