J. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers; Saints for All Occasions, named one of the ten best books of the year by the Washington Post and a New York Times Critic’s Pick; The Engagements, soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon; Maine, a Time magazine Best Book of the Year and a Washington Post Notable Book; and Commencement. A Massachusetts native, Courtney lives in the Boston area.