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.