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Sullivan grew up outside of [[Boston]]<ref>http://jcourtneysullivan.com/site/q-a-2/</ref>. She attended [[Smith College]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], where she received the Ellen M. Hatfield Memorial Prize for best short story, the Norma M. Leas prize for excellence in written English, and the Jeanne MacFarland Prize for excellent work in Women's Studies. |
Sullivan grew up outside of [[Boston, Massachusetts]]<ref>http://jcourtneysullivan.com/site/q-a-2/</ref>. She attended [[Smith College]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], where she received the Ellen M. Hatfield Memorial Prize for best short story, the Norma M. Leas prize for excellence in written English, and the Jeanne MacFarland Prize for excellent work in Women's Studies. |
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She graduated in 2003, then moved to [[New York City|New York]] and began working at ''[[Allure]]''<ref>http://flavorwire.com/25283/exclusive-an-interview-with-commencements-j-courtney-sullivan</ref>. Her writing has since appeared in ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[New York Magazine|New York]]'' magazine, ''[[The New York Observer]]'', ''[[Men's Vogue]]'', ''[[Elle]]'', and ''[[Glamour]]''. |
She graduated in 2003, then moved to [[New York City|New York]] and began working at ''[[Allure]]''<ref>http://flavorwire.com/25283/exclusive-an-interview-with-commencements-j-courtney-sullivan</ref>. Her writing has since appeared in ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[New York Magazine|New York]]'' magazine, ''[[The New York Observer]]'', ''[[Men's Vogue]]'', ''[[Elle]]'', and ''[[Glamour]]''. |
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Sullivan's second novel, ''Maine,'' deals with four women from three different generations of the same family spending the summer at a beachfront cottage in [[New England]]. Though Sullivan did not base the fictional Kellehers directly on her own [[Irish-Catholic]] family, she drew on her own childhood experiences while writing the novel. |
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Revision as of 16:18, 1 February 2012
Julie Courtney Sullivan, better known as J. Courtney Sullivan, is an American novelist and former writer for The New York Times.
Biography
Sullivan grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts[1]. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she received the Ellen M. Hatfield Memorial Prize for best short story, the Norma M. Leas prize for excellence in written English, and the Jeanne MacFarland Prize for excellent work in Women's Studies.
She graduated in 2003, then moved to New York and began working at Allure[2]. Her writing has since appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, The New York Observer, Men's Vogue, Elle, and Glamour.
Sullivan comes from an Irish-Catholic family where many of the women go by their middle rather than first names. Her first piece for Allure was published under the name "Courtney Sullivan," but she added the J back in shortly thereafter.
She self-identifies as a feminist, a stance that has been reflected in both her fiction and nonfiction work. In 2006, she wrote a piece for the New York Times "Modern Love" column about her experiences in the dating world[3], and in 2010 she co-edited a feminist essay collection titled Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. Both of her novels deal prominently with relationships between female characters.
Currently, Sullivan lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Novels
Commencement
In 2010, Sullivan published her first novel, Commencement, which focuses on the experiences of four friends at Smith College, Sullivan's alma mater. Commencement received positive reviews from many major publications and became a New York Times bestseller. In 2011, Oprah's Book Club included it in a list of "5 Feminist Classics to (Re)read as a Mom, Wife and Writer"[4].
Maine
Sullivan's second novel, Maine, deals with four women from three different generations of the same family spending the summer at a beachfront cottage in New England. Though Sullivan did not base the fictional Kellehers directly on her own Irish-Catholic family, she drew on her own childhood experiences while writing the novel.
Maine received positive reviews and was named one of the top ten fiction books of 2011 by Time magazine[5]
Books
Fiction
- Commencement (2010)
- Maine (2011)
Nonfiction
- Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man (2007)
- The Secret Currency of Love (2009) (contributing essayist)
- Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists (2010) (co-editor with Courtney E. Martin)
References
- ^ http://jcourtneysullivan.com/site/q-a-2/
- ^ http://flavorwire.com/25283/exclusive-an-interview-with-commencements-j-courtney-sullivan
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/fashion/sundaystyles/21love.html
- ^ http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/5-Feminist-Classics-to-Reread-as-a-Mom-Wife-and-Writer/5
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101086_2101114,00.html