Courtney Maum

Courtney Maum is the author of the novels “Costalegre,” “I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You,” and “Touch” (a New York Times Editor’s Choice and NPR Best Book of the Year selection), and the guide “Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving your First Book” (Catapult). Her writing has been widely published in such outlets as The New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, and Poets and Writers. She is the founder of the collaborative retreat program The Cabins, and she also has a writing-advice newsletter, “Get Published, Stay Published,” that you can sign up for at CourtneyMaum.com.