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Fast Facts

Julia Quinn is a graduate of Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges and briefly attended Yale School of Medicine before deciding to pursue a full-time writing career.
She is the author of the wildly popular Bridgerton books, now a Netflix original series produced by Shondaland Media.
In 2001 she was a contestant on the game show The Weakest Link and won $79,000.
In 2013 she appeared in a bona fide MTV music video.
She sold her first book, Splendid, at the age of 24 and has been working with the same editor and publishing house for her entire career.
She is an ardent supporter of military families and gives away 100 copies of her novels to service members, veterans, military spouses, and Gold Star family members each Veterans Day.

Career Highlights

Julia Quinn is the author of eighteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, which reached #1 on the mass market paperback fiction list.
In the United States alone, there are over 10 million copies of her books in print.
On December 25, 2020 Bridgerton —a Shondaland/Netflix original series based on her most popular series of books— made its debut to record ratings and critical acclaim. Bridgerton was Netflix’s fifth most successful series debut of all time and reached the streaming services’s #1 position in 76 countries.
Her Facebook fans number over 190,000 and are growing fast. The largest segment of her Facebook fans come from the United States (39%), followed by Brazil, Indonesia, India, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
Her books have been translated into 37 languages.
In 2016 she taught the inaugural romance workshop at the Yale Summer Writers Conference.

Selected Press

Here are a few of the many interviews JQ has given throughout her career. Click over for an expanded list →

The Guardian

Bridgerton author Julia Quinn: “I’ve been dinged by the accuracy police – but it’s fantasy!”

Jan 12, 2021

“This is already romantic fantasy, and I think it’s more important to show that as many people as possible deserve this type of happiness and dignity. So I think they made the absolutely right choice, bringing in all this inclusivity.”