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Author Visit: J. Courtney Sullivan

NYT Bestselling Author

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“Courtney has a unique way of connecting to the audience with her charm, humor, and intelligence.” — Westwinds Bookshop – BookBreeze Literary Festival

J. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, Saints For All Occasions, and Friends and Strangers. Maine was named a Best Book of the Year by Time magazine, and a Washington Post Notable Book for 2011. The Engagements was one of People Magazine’s Top Ten Books of 2013 and an Irish Times Best Book of the Year. Her latest novel, The Cliffs, was released in July of 2024 and was the Reese's Book Club Pick that month.

Courtney’s writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Real Simple, and O: The Oprah Magazine, among many others. She is a co-editor, with Courtney Martin, of the essay anthology Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. In 2017, she wrote the foreword to two of her favorite children’s books, a new edition of Anne of Green Gables for Penguin Classics, and Little Women.

A Massachusetts native, Courtney lives in Boston with her husband and two children.

Learn more about J. Courtney Sullivan: https://authorsunbound.com/j-courtney-sullivan/ 

https://www.jcourtneysullivan.com/ 

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