Julie Courtney Sullivan (born 1982), better known as J. Courtney Sullivan, is an American novelist and former writer for The New York Times. Read full biography of J. Courtney Sullivan →
Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who... →
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H.... →
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I... →
When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at the kitchen table in... →
I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it's all about... →
A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.
I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
I love making lists.
I love the smell of a man's skin.
I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers' conversations.
Julie Courtney Sullivan (born 1982), better known as J. Courtney Sullivan, is an American novelist and former writer for The New York Times.