J. Courtney Sullivan

J. Courtney Sullivan is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, In Style, Men's Vogue, the New York Observer, Tango, and in the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love. She contributes to the website someecards.com, serves on the advisory board of Girls Write Now, is a graduate of Smith College, and works in the editorial department of the New York Times. Commencement was her first novel.

Books Authored

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“Sullivan is a strong writer, and each of her separate narratives is interesting in and of itself.”

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Reading Saints for All Occasions is like walking into the kitchen of the big Irish family at the center of this new novel by bestselling author J.

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There is much to admire in J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagements.

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“Definitely not a beach read, this tale gets to the guts of family angst with its gritty, straightforward prose, showing there is no such thing as the ‘perfect family.’”